Dave,

Thanks for posting that essay by David Chilton. Christmas is not just a private event but a very public one! I like the way he sums it up:

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I rejoice in the commercialization of Christmas. It signals the one time in the year when our world approaches sanity. The brightly lit houses, the evergreens garlanded with bulbs, the carols that provide the musical background for even our most hectic shopping—all creation comes alive with the message that the shift from B.C. to A.D. changed the world forever.


Wes <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/BigThumbUp.gif" alt="" />

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride. - Isaac Watts