It’s that time of year when culture warriors take up arms to keep
worldly and pagan ideas from encroaching on the spiritual and biblical
reason for the season. So Sarah Palin fired a salvo against
the “war on Christmas” by “revisionists” who’re turning it into a
“winter solstice” celebration. (This is to prepare us for her new book, Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas, ostensibly on the same theme).
But what if the pagans aren’t the “revisionists” and the late
December celebrations are indeed rooted in the winter solstice? That
would explain some of the odd accoutrements to celebrations of Jesus’
birth. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been able to make out what
evergreen trees, lights, and egg-nog have to do with the little town of
Bethlehem. Without being too much of a Grinch, it might be worth asking
whether the real “revisionist” is actually Mrs. Palin. Though to her
credit, she stands in a long, long line of revising this holiday. Continue at Steve Meister
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