tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post1233098177541581257..comments2024-02-05T01:55:53.566-08:00Comments on Gently Mad: Inventing the Christmas Tree by Bernd Brunner translated by Benjamin A. SmithSharon Wilfonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-23318102180979797782014-12-23T08:27:01.514-08:002014-12-23T08:27:01.514-08:00Thanks, Brian. I'm with you, it's easy to...Thanks, Brian. I'm with you, it's easy to judge others en masse but I think most people love their families and want to give them happiness on a special holiday. <br /><br />Origins don't matter. I'm focusing on the birth of Christ not pagan practices. And none of us have to be materialistic if we don't want to.<br /><br />I also wish you a wonderful Christmas and blessed New Year.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-81920423892423896222014-12-23T03:44:01.193-08:002014-12-23T03:44:01.193-08:00Great post on this Sharon.
As you know I am a non...Great post on this Sharon.<br /><br />As you know I am a non believer. I celebrate Christmas wholeheartedly. I love the appreciation and the coming together of family and traditional. I love spreading and reminder of how important goodwill, love and charity are. As I think you also know I have a lot of respect for many Christian ideals.<br /><br />Secondary to all that I also enjoy the celebrations and the food :)<br /><br />Ironically I also am disappointed in the commercialization materialism of the holiday of the holiday. I certainly understand how Christians would be especially disenchanted with all that. <br /><br />On a positive note I do think that a lot of people who fall a bit deeply into the materialistic end of it also partake in the charity, family connections, and goodwill.<br /><br />I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com