Keith has been pushing for it and tonight we finally slipped over the edge and sang two, yes two Christmas carols. The time has come to sing about angels and tender scenes of Mary holding her baby while the animals are quietly lowing in the background. It is all so sweet. So Keith, why should we take weeks of the church’s life thinking about Christ’s nativity? In asking the question, I know that you and others will immediately label me as a Scrooge, etc. I am really not entirely opposed to the observance of the holiday at home or in the church. To declare my position up front though, I am more like Kevin C. and like the Christmas songs that are in a minor key or plainsong and which are more theological than sentimentally narrative. But Keith is all about angels winging their flight and the ever blessed Virgin Mary holding her blessed Son. I could go on Keith, but please, why not state a theological basis for obligating us to observe multiple weeks on the nativity. The floor is yours.

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