[JohnHuang2]

Wishing y'all a Very Merry Christmas!

[The Mayor]

Merry Christmas to all!

26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

28And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

29And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

30And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

31And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&chapter=1&version=9

[Tribune7]

Merry Christmas JohnHuang2

[Lurker]

Merry Christmas to you and yours my friend.

L

[SamAdams76]

Excellent post.

I am sad for my children because Christmas is effectively banned in public schools these days. I went to my son's "Winter Concert" a couple weeks ago and not a single Christmas carol was performed. Not a hint of Christmas. In fact, I don't even get why it was a "Winter Concert." The music they played and sang could have just as well been done in July.

When I was going to public school in the late 1960s and 1970s, we would set up a Christmas tree in our classrooms right after Thanksgiving. We'd practice Christmas carols and sing them for our parents at a genuine "Christmas Pageant", complete with a nativity play.

Yes, we had lots of Jewish kids in our class. But they didn't seem to mind at all. They had a blast that time of year just like the rest of us. In fact, we worked Chanukah into things as well and nobody back then had a problem with it.

What we have today is the tail wagging the dog. We are letting a few cranks and malcontents ruin the fun for everybody. These miserable people thrive on taking the joy out of life for everybody else. And we are letting them do it.

[larryjohnson]

HAPPY HOLY DAY !!

[dbwz]

it would be kind of odd not to know anything about them, like living among a tribe of Indians and never wondering what their rain dances meant.

I remember singing Hannukah and Christmas songs at the school I went to, and my Catholic parents never batted an eye. I happen to be someone who enjoys learning about other cultures and religions, and it pains me that any of them would be taken out of the mainstream completely. They all have something to teach us.

Merry Christmas, JH2, and all the best to you and yours for the new year and beyond.

[Fiddlstix]

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[mercy]

Merry Christmas John.

[veronica]

Merry Christmas, friend. :)

[Baraonda]

Beautiful post.

Merry Christmas, John.

[monkeyshine]

Nice post. Have a prolific new year!

[painter]

Merry Christmas John. May you have a prosperous and Inspiring new year.:)

[Minuteman23]

> ping <

Would love to hear your reaction to this!

[muir_redwoods]

I turn 55 next month. When I was in public elementary school, we prayed every day. The teacher would lead us in a prayer and then one kid would be chosen to read from the bible. One of my class mates, a Jewish kid was getting ready for his Bar Mitzva and actually practiced his hebrew on us. That went on for a couple of weeks until even the other Jews got bored.

The point is, to my knowledge no harm was done. Plus, I learned a little hebrew