Is Christmas a dirty word?

Over at Cao’s Blog, there is an interesting post about Christianity being under attack. She makes some points that are pretty compelling. My liberal wife and I had a rather heated “discussion” on this topic the other day. Even though I am not outwardly religious or a churchgoer, the post-election rhetoric from the left demeaning people of faith has been hard to miss.

I believe I saw it first on Lileks, but this effort to make Christmas into nothing more than a secular spend-fest is growing ever more apparent. Check out the U.S. Postal Service holiday stamps on line. Let’s see, they advertise Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, EID, and the freakin’ Lunar New Year. What do they call the Madonna and Child stamp: Holiday Traditional. So, when did Christmas become a dirty word?

Oh yeah, Cao also links to a hilarious animation that nails this issue in a manner that would make the South Park boys proud. It’s on the top left and is called “No Christmas for You”. Warning: strong language. But then again, strong language is sometimes called for.

UPDATE: If I were a dyslexic atheist I’d say I don’t have a god in this fight. Credit where credit is due, Mr. Lileks is the master.

The Plan

Just to clarify: I actually depart for Korea on 22 January. Lisa at Just a Girl in the World (who did my blog design) was gracious in giving her readers an invite here, but I won’t have any first hand reports from Seoul for another month. But stick around, I might surprise you with something worthwhile.

What you get now are the boring preparation details (what to pack?), and an occasional witty insight on current events (or at least a link to a witty insight). I figure it may take this last month in country just to work out how to use all the features I get with this WordPress interface.

Ah, but what’s the plan you ask? Two more work days this week, then I am taking leave from work until 3 January. Christmas at home with the lovely wife of course. Then a road trip to Oklahoma to visit my parents. Carol has to work so I will make the journey alone. I debated flying, but I have an urge to see the open road one more time before I go away. So that’s the plan.