Is the War on Christmas Over Yet?

This is the second in a series of personal reflections on Christmas that I hope to post during the twelve days of Christmas.

Okay. I know that the War and Christmas is pretty much a media hype thing but people are starting to take it way too seriously. A pastor in Texas started a website called GrinchAlert.com which encourages people to list and support stores that say Merry Christmas and boycott stores and businesses that refuse to say "Christmas" but instead use "Happy Holidays."

Parody news sight XIANITY has been highlighting the extremity of this fake war in their tweets:

Make Christmas more Christian, tonight, along with cookies and milk, leave Santa a gospel tract.


Make Christmas more Christian, when someone wishes you "Happy Holidays", condescendingly respond "Merry CHRISTmas"


Make Xmas more Xian, let a homeless family sleep in your life-size nativity, as long as they dress like shepherds.

When did Christians become so self-serving? When did Christians lose sight of the fact that Christianity means being at odds with the dominant culture? Why on earth do Christians believe that the rest of the world is here to serve us and make our life and our faith more readily accessible?

Shouldn't we Christians be going out of our way to share the grace and love that we believe God shared with us in the birth of the Christ child? Shouldn't we be the ones who understand that it is hard to make a living working retail and we understand that not all of your customers are Christian? Shouldn't we be the ones who are forgiving and kind to others?

I think Stephen Colbert nailed it when he spoke recently about the way so many who want to live in a Christian nation have forgotten what Christ is all about.

With a Peace of the Spirit