Good morning! Comment or reply to request one. Refer a friend. I regret it. The writer is an atheist who decided to celebrate Christmas minus Christ: yes to the tree and presents, no to all the God stuff. The remnants were still there, and they were good. Go to the Christmas Eve service anyway. Learn the carols, even the religious ones. Get the nativity set. Well yes, please do come to church on Christmas Eve. Well yes, please do learn the carols; listen to their rather shocking words.
Well yes, let your little children play with a toy Jesus, perhaps a first step toward the real thing. But actually no, Christianity is not your holiday enchantment. Seriously, do we need to bring back the trilemma? Christianity is not Colonial Williamsburg! Subscribe to Bonnie Kristian to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
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