I JUST LOVE THIS!!!! Merry X-Mass and Happy Holidays to you!!!

Hilarious! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! ... and, Merry X-mas!

Thank you, Mark. What a wonderful message. I wished I lived where I could attend the church you pastor!

I love this!! And it's so much more powerful and legitimate coming from an ordained pastor. Thank you, Mark!

Cracks me up, as little about Christmas has anything to do with the birth of Christ, including the date.

Other winter holidays that war on Christmas, let's see...

There's Hanukkah, when Jesus, who was Jewish, was at the Temple in Jerusalem (John 10:22). December 6th honors a Christian leader, Nicholas, known for generosity. On December 26th we recall the first Christian marytr, Stephen.

Christmas, when we commemorate the Incarnation, isn't just a single holy day, but a season preceded by the season of Advent and leading up to Epiphany. Or is it un-Christian to celebrate more than one day?

Then there's Kwanzaa, a cultural holiday, not a religious holiday, not unlike, say, the Fourth of July or President's Day. Guess celebrating Independence Day is un-Christian, right? Don't forget the beginning of the civil year, also not a religious holiday. Those congregations that don't follow Popish liturgical calendars better not have a Watchnight service on New Year's Eve.

But if you don't want to be happy for more than one holiday, that's fine. Whether you count one day as better than others or all days alike it's okay(Romans 14:5). Imagine that, the Bible says it's okay for us to have differing opinions! Crazy talk, I know.

WEIRD, MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANOTHERS BELIEFS ONLY GOD JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN. CHRISTMAS HAS BECOME PAGAN IN MANY WAYS AND IT'S EVERYONES FAULT NOT JUST CHRISTIANS OR OTHERS IT'S ALL OF US IN THIS NATION WHO WANT TOO MUCH. CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE ABOUT CHRIST AND THE GIFT HE GAVE US, ETERNAL LIFE IF WE ACCEPT AND FOLLOW HIM lINDA GULLETT

"the Christian left", Didn't know there was such a thing. For that matter, is there any religion that has a "left" side?

60 years ago, my Grandmother admonished me for using the word "Xmas". She also said it was that I was X-ing our Christ.

As your cartoon states, "X" dies have roots in ancient Greek as well as Roman lives where the "X" was scribed on places where Christians could secretly meet. Remember, "X" marks the spot?

However, in the United States, we mostly speak, rwad and write a form of English, not Greek or Latin. So, if we want people to remember Christ, we have to use the actual english word "Christ".

I'm fairly certain that ancient Romans or Greeks would be quite confused if they saw the English word, "Christ" written or sounded out.

So, now we might know how a "left" Presbyter thinks, I wonder how some of your neighbors, the Moravians, would approach this. ????

Thank you.