Merry Christmas

I can't believe how many stores and businesses are wishing their customers "Happy Holidays!" What the heck is that supposed to mean? They want us to be happy? They want us to enjoy the holidays? It's enough to make a Christian want to smack somebody. Don't they realize how rude and discourteous they are being? They're taking the Christ right out of Christmas. No one should ever mask the faith in Christ and God that brings us this glorious season.

If they want to offer an appropriate greeting this time of year, clearly it's "Merry Christmas," as in Christ's Mass. In fact, that's what people should really be saying: "Merry Christ's Mass." And if they don't want to wish people a Merry Christ's Mass, then people should take their money elsewhere and spend it at a sufficiently Christian place of business. Because that's really what Christ's Mass is all about: spending our money in the right places. So go out an celebrate the birth of Jesus, our Lord and Savior, by shopping in all the right places.

And, regardless of where you shop, remember that no one should ever obscure the Christian faith with euphemisms or trite phrases. Doing so is just a violation of faith--unless, of course, we're talking about intelligent design.