Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas Greeting

Merry Christmas to all, even those who are Jewish, Islamic, atheists, whatever.

Yesterday, a clerk, a young man, working the register at the Walgreens in my neighborhood said he would wish me a Merry Christmas, but he was fearful of doing so, because it might offend those who are not Christian.

How odd, to be afraid to wish someone well which is really what the message is all about.

I told him he should go ahead and do it. Anyone who would be offended by the wish would have to be pretty hateful, and needs the blessings offered by all who would do so.

My Christmas wish, is that we all continue to offer such a greeting, and make sure that the world does not forget that Christ's birth is the reason for the season.

Merry Christmas,
In God We Trust