Whatever Happened to Christmas?
If you had asked me, when I was a child, what my favourite time of year was, "Christmas" would be the immediate answer. The name itself was imbued with magic. The slightest mention of Christmas would have me and my sibs literally jumping for joy. It would have been absolutely inconceivable to me at that time that society in a few short decades would virtually banish the very name of this most beloved holiday from the public square. But fifty years later, this is exactly where we are. Before I launch this rant...and it'll be a doozy, trust me...this isn't coming from a place of religiosity. As most everyone who knows me knows, I'm an avowed non-believer. So it's not a lamentation about a "War on Christmas" from a religious perspective because indeed, much of Christmas is secular, even pagan in nature. My Christian neighbours are even more ticked than I, with good reason. Nor is this a trivial issue. It's embl...