Indignation

I've heard a couple people this year who have said to me they are upset that no one says Merry Christmas anymore. And although I am admittedly a bit jaded by what seems to be yearly fads of Christian indignation, this one seems to be hanging around.

In 1 Corinthians, Paul reminds us that "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.", which includes all those new "holiday" trees popping up everywhere! I remember when people began to fume about the use of the term X-mas. They said the world was taking Christ out of Christmas. However, when you dig deep enough you find that the X is the common Greek abbreviation/symbol for Christ, and therefore not the sacrilege it once was.

I think we need to be careful about what we become indignant about. Perhaps we should be caught ranting about the millions of people dying with AIDS in Africa as much, if not more than whether or not the salesman said Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays. Remember, as a Christian you celebrate both Christmas and New Years this season, so you are technically enjoy multiple holidays. Perhaps it isn't the affront to us as we might think it is.