Mexico still has a real Christmas, a celebration of a much-beloved religious canon and creed that follows a virgin conception to a son of God being born in a manger.
This is in contrast to North America, where the holiday continues to grow more all-inclusive, decked with a generic character that attempts to include everyone of every faith who believes whatever they want around Christmas time, given its sacred day-lengthening place on the global calendar.
Thanks to this trend, has the holiday been sufficiently denatured to justify calling it “all-inclusive?” For me, one group often remains on the Yuletide periphery: the religiously uncommitted. The “atheists.” Why? Try telling some people you question a belief in God and they’ll be afraid to leave you alone with their children. That’s why.
So, in the interests of ecumenicalism, I have cobbled together a little pamphlet that might explain what wanna-be believers fail to understand:
The Atheist’s Merry Holiday Pamphlet
Page One: Why is God coming back?
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