Christmas and commercialism

Pim wrote:

>A good example mentioned was Christmas, and while the right laments that
the secular leftists are causing the demise of this great holiday, it seems
far more likely that the materialistic nature of the Santa Claus event is
what really undermines the religious traditions of Christmas.<

Generally I'm not a fan of Cal Thomas, but I liked what he had to say on
this subject:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/calthomas/2005/12/13/178958.html

I also liked this column:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/07/opinion/edcohen.php

What I find odd is that you don't see nearly as many people objecting to the
retail world co-opting Easter to sell plastic eggs and stuffed bunnies. It
would seem to me that Christians would be even more motivated to protect
their most sacred holiday from commercialization. You don't even see the
widespread charity that you see at Christmas, like the various toy drives
and Santa funds. Our church participates in a ministry to send Easter
baskets to the children of prisioners, but that's about it.

Louise, who refuses to buy the Russell Stover chocolate crosses.

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Louise M. Freeman, PhD
Psychology Dept
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton, VA 24401
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Received on Tue Mar 7 08:20:31 2006