Merry Christmas...intentionally!

I've wished a number of people Merry Christmas this week. I know that Season's Greetings or Happy Holidays is more culturally appropriate but I like Christmas and I want to wish people a Merry Christmas. I'm not trying to be counter-culture or deliberately provocative. Oddly enough no one has reacted negatively to my wish for a Merry Christmas; most returned the wish in kind; a few seemed pleasantly surprised. I recognize that some in my community won't be celebrating Christmas until January 7, 2010 , some will be celebrating Kwaanza, some have already celebrated Hanukkah, and others will commemorate Ashura. For many, it is a time to be with family and friends. I hope each enjoys their holiday.

But for me it is Christmas, the day I remember the Creator became the creature; the All Seeing One opened his eyes for the first time; the Ancient of Days drew his first breath. I do believe God invaded history that day, almost unseen in a cattle shed, vowing that the world did not have to be this way. In a few more months I will also commemorate Christ's death when he would declare of his work "it is finished" and the world would never be the same.

So I wish you a Merry Christmas and my sincerest wish for God's blessing on you and your families.

I'll let this grade 1 Spanish immersion class have the last word with Feliz Navidad (I want to wish you a Merry Christmas.)

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