MsFreeLibXtian

An excellent article. My favorite parts: "Last year, Americans spent $450 billion on Christmas. Clean water for the whole world, including every poor person on the planet, would cost about $20 billion. Let’s just call that what it is: A material blasphemy of the Christmas season. "Imagine Jesus walking into the mall, seeing the Merry Christmas signs, and expressing his humble thanks for how the pre- and post-Christmas sales are honoring to him. How about credit cards for Christ? "While we’re at it, here’s another point of clarification: The arrival of the Christ child has nothing to do with trees or what we call them..." Because I read this article, I took a cue from the suggestion about WorldVision, I went to the website and chose a 'multiplying' gift. That's putting the meaning back in Christmas, and I'm grateful for the means to help and the freedom to attend the church of my choice for Midnight Mass.