Archive for the 'Christmas' Category

Happy Birthday

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Tomorrow is December 25th, and I would like to wish a very happy birthday to Krishna, Mithra, Attis of Phrygia, Herakles, Horus, Sakyamuni Buddha, Quetzalcoatl, Tammuz, Adonis, Bacchus, Prometheus, Dinonysus and Hermes.
I feel like I’ve forgotten someone. Maybe there was someone who came later…
RIGHT! Happy Birthday, Jimmy Buffett!
~I AM~
P.S. Yes, I’m still alive.

Xmas All or Nothing

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

SEATTLE (Reuters) – A local rabbi is receiving hate mail and angry phone calls after Seattle airport officials took down its Christmas trees in response to his request to include a giant Menorah in the airport’s holiday decorations, his lawyer said on Monday.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport removed its Christmas trees on Saturday after Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky [...]

Christmas Watch 2005: The Other War on Christmas

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

O’Reilly, Falwell, et al. are right about one thing (and only one). There is a War on Christmas. What they don’t seem to realize is that it’s a two front war, and their greatest threat is not on the secular front. There is a Cancer on Christmas that is destroying it from [...]

Christmas Watch 2005: Meet Virginia

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

My first shot at rewriting a Christmas classic was so well received, I decided to do it again. See the original here.
DEAR I AM: I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is a God.
Papa says, “If you see it on The Evangelical Atheist it’s so.”
Please tell me the truth; is [...]

Christmas Watch 2005: Go Tell it on the Hill

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

The War for Christmas is now being waged in the hallowed halls of our federal government. Last week, Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) introduced H. Res. 579, which was apparently designed to demonstrate that Congress likes Christmas. Since no one likes Congress these days, this is probably good for their public relations efforts. [...]