Whose Christmas is it, anyway?

Before I get started on my stuff, I want to give props to Katie C's series on Making Peace with Christmas. She's raised and dealt with hard issues of this most perplexing time of the year.

I don't think that anyone above the age of seven should try to make sense of Christmas. There's too much to pick apart, too many triggers for irrational exuberance, self-doubt, anger (righteous and otherwise), sad reflections, and misremembered joys. If you try to keep it simple, your heart is likely to be broken by a people who trample one another for a waffle iron. If you try to declare your own war on the war on Christmas, you'll have little joy and create even less. It'sSanta may try to explain why he does what he does, but the explanations don't explain much.

There are plenty of things in life that aren't improved by thinking about them. You start off with a thought, pull it apart like a Sunday chicken, and all you have left is pieces and greasy fingers. Christmas is one of those things. Read Katie's blog posts, think for a while, and get on with your day. It'll be Boxing Day before you know it.