For the reading audience, this comes as part three of a themed week focus on the tension between celebrating Christmas, as specifically Santa, alongside the advent of the Messiah. For those of you who have not read John’s misnomer[1] article titled “Why I Wouldn’t Teach my Kids About...

The commercial and symbolic culture of Christmas has been lost on no one.  The true meaning of Christmas has.  In America, Christmas is a month-long celebration full of tradition.  It’s more a season than merely a date on the calendar.  Radio stations and department stores play nothing...

As we find ourselves in another Christmas season, it is always good to return to the Gospels and remind ourselves why it is we celebrate. For me, that means returning to Matthew’s account of the birth of Christ, reading and pondering Matthew’s side of the story. But this story of...

I don’t actually have a problem with Santa Claus.  In fact, I enjoy the general holiday cheer, even if it isn’t specifically Christian.  I’m fine with songs like ‘Santa Claus is Coming To Town,’ ‘Frosty the Snow Man,’ ‘Silver Bells,’...

Confession: there is a part of me that hates Christmas time.* We might be quick to throw stones at Dr. Seuss’s scornful Grinch for his hatred of inarguably one of the world’s most celebrated holidays. And perhaps in part it is because his heart was 3 sizes too small. But regardless of his...