Mulling over Daryl Stout to Steve Asher 07 Dec 2004

Hi Daryl...

I started to reply to this a couple of nights ago, but the power failed
just as I was about to finish, believe it or not.

SA>We have been tricked into thinking we are celebrating Christmas, when
  >in fact the anti-God grinches have ever so slowly and subtly stole it
  >right out from under us.  It has turned into a secular "holiday," -

 DS>   This time of year (Thanksgiving to Christmas), I go into almost a
 DS> depression state...because Christmas has gotten...as she
 DS> noted...another holiday. :( I don't even enjoy going to Christmas
 DS> parties...and since the day itself was actually placed on a pagan
 DS> holiday, the wife and I don't even put up decorations, or
 DS> "celebrate it"...with the exception of maybe a prayerful pause. 

This year, I'm using it as an opportunity to warn my family & friends
that it is likely to be outlawed as the "noachide laws" are imposed
universally, & to try & concentrate on the birth of Jesus Christ,
regardless of the correct date, or the pagan origins, or the irrelevant
commercial trappings ... presents, father christmas, reindeers, sleighs
etc etc. The prayerful pause is appropriate.

 DS> To
 DS> me...a "Christmas Tree" is a Cross with 3 nails in it. Christ had
 DS> to be born...as He came to die for the sins of the world.

Yes, the tree, baubles, jingling sleighs, yule logs, snow etc are all
that is left of the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable 2,000 years ago.

SA>When in Branson, check out Shorty Smalls restaurant. They go the extra

 DS>   They have one of those in Little Rock as well. Prices may seem a
 DS> bit steep, but the food, the portions, and the service are worth
 DS> it. When I was working at an area silkscreen printing shop (had to
 DS> resign last July after over 18 years there because of health
 DS> reasons), we often went there for our company Christmas party.

Most of my company Christmas parties were done by the staff, in the
back of the building where I worked. We started buying the food well 
in advance, & found a quiet place to set it up, on top of a table 
tennis table. Always plenty of food and drink, & we usually got the 
word from management that as many as could be spared could leave 
work early. Very few ever did, & we sometimes partied on until well 
after closing time.

Cheers, Steve..

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