I would agree. It’s ironic though, Christians saying that we need to keep the focus on Christ and not secular consumerism, when the history of Christmas is really much more about the Catholic Church co-opting pagan traditions
Yeah but I think it’s also a lot about rejecting those pagan and secularly palatable traditions. The “keep christ in Christmas crowd” often use rejecting consumerism as a motte to defend the bailey of rejecting all non Christian elements of a holiday that’s both fun and often socially expected.
That’s why you’ve gotta work hard on keeping Christ in Christmas: he keeps running away to play with the pagans. Next thing you know, he’s balls deep in Easter again.
I would agree. It’s ironic though, Christians saying that we need to keep the focus on Christ and not secular consumerism, when the history of Christmas is really much more about the Catholic Church co-opting pagan traditions
Yeah but I think it’s also a lot about rejecting those pagan and secularly palatable traditions. The “keep christ in Christmas crowd” often use rejecting consumerism as a motte to defend the bailey of rejecting all non Christian elements of a holiday that’s both fun and often socially expected.
That’s why you’ve gotta work hard on keeping Christ in Christmas: he keeps running away to play with the pagans. Next thing you know, he’s balls deep in Easter again.