Would you believe this? Before I could post the previous post, I received this in an email:

MERRY CHRISTMAS
*Twas the month before Christmas*
*When all through our land,*
*Not a Christian was praying*
*Nor taking a stand.*
*See the PC Police had taken away,*
*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*
*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*
*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*
*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*
* December 25th is just a ' Holiday '.*
*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*
*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*
*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*
*Something was changing, something quite odd! *
*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*
*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*
*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*
* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.*
*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears*
*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*
*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*
*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*
*Now Obama, Now Biden, Now Sharpton, and Jackson*
*On Boxer, on Rather, on Ried, and Pelosi !*
*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*
*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*
*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*
* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*
*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*
*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*
*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'*
*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*
*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*
*Shout "MERRY CHRISTMAS" ,
not "Happy Holiday"!
Please, all Christians join together and
wish everyone you meet during the holidays a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Christ is S-T-I-L-L The Reason for the Christ-mas Season!"

What did I just say? Tell me, what did I just say? Puhleaze. Not a Christian was praying? Since when did we need government approval to pray? Retailers promoting Kwanzaa and Ramad? Let them! Christmas isn't a shopping holiday! Didn't Christ throw the money-changers out of the temple?

Let the TV Prosperity Preachers rile up their audiences while they deceive for money, but fellow believers let's take back Christmas!

Let's have a quiet, God-glorifying time together. Let's be thoughtful with gifts. What does this person use that I could help provide for a little while? Every year my children get a brand new toothbrush in their stockings. And if they don't find it, they notice. This has been a tradition for 25 years. In our larger families, we give hand lotion, postage stamps, light bulbs, books we've loved, cowbells and skillets handed down from two generations. These are appreciated because we know that our family has thought about what we need or what would cheer us.

So, this year I'm skipping the day after Christmas all day shopping. Did that last year, never have to do it again. Fewer batteries, fewer noises, more family and friends. Join me?

I should never start writing before I changed from my pajamas.