Reflections From a Murky Pond

Obama, despite whatever his religion might be, is a big fan of Christmas. Some of the basic tenets of how Americans celebrate the holiday resonate very strongly with him.

Obama’s Christmas Wishlist

He’s not been shy during the last three years in making all Americans well aware of what’s on his Christmas wish list either.

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I’m Pagan and I celebrate Christmas. I also celebrate Yule. To my mind there’s no inherent conflict in this. Yule is my religious holiday and Christmas is my American holiday and is largely secular in nature.

Perhaps this should be of some concern to Christians, a wee bit more so than arguments about “Happy Holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas.”

After all, the customs, trappings, and imagery of an American Christmas: Santa, Frosty The Snow Man, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Christmas Trees and decorations, and so very many others have nothing to do with Missa Christi aka Crīstesmæsse aka Christ’s Mass.

I think that “the war on Christmas” is one that Christians have already largely lost and that the current trend towards anti-theism and anti-Christianity is just a mopping up operation, the Christians, by and large, having already ceded the field.

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Seasonal depression isn’t just for bipedal people. Our four-footed family members are often effected by it as well.

And This Is Why I Drink

Come on, people! What are you thinking? Do you know about the growing “catnip problem” in inner-city felines?

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OK; I know this can go too far. Believe me, I know. I’ve been there and done that.

Years and years ago, my first wife and I bred and raised, among many other species, Solomon Islands Monkey-Tailed Skinks (Corucia zebrata) and they roamed freely throughout our house.

Year one they commandeered the Christmas tree and it stayed up year-round from that point.

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