Despite how nice and warm the weather has been, I am kind of excited about the possibility of our first snow that supposedly will be coming tomorrow night! The cold, crisp air along with the snowy yards and streets remind me that Christmas is near.
Tonight I sat and wrapped Christmas gifts with the fire going and watched the New York lighting ceremony with some wonderful artists singing some great carols. This really put me in the mood. Something that I also really enjoy during this season is to take time and walk around the city visiting the Macy holiday windows, walking around Chicago's huge tree, and going to the little village to visit all of the different countries Christmas items.
Today there was big news and controversy in regards to Christmas in Chicago. In the area where the tree and festivities are there is a big manger scene that is set up. Of course, that is what Christmas is all about, right? Well some stuff was stirred up because the movie "The Nativity" wanted to help sponsor some of the activities that were going on and were denied that publicity.
At first this didn't bother me and the more I think about it, the more I realize how sad this really is. The argument is that people of different religions would be offended by a Christian display. Wait a minute, who else celebrates Christmas? I know that many do the whole gift giving thing, but Christmas is centered around what us Christians believe, the birth of Christ. Every store you go into that sells or displays Christmas decorations you see mangers. So now are people going to get offended by that? This movie is allowed to air commercials and put up billboards without running into problems, so why was this such a big deal for the city of Chicago?
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pulitical correctness is some times carried to far in my opion. Its funny how we have to be careful of other religious holidays but are expected to not show ours the usual amount ferver.
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