Christmas Opinion

Christmas opinions run the gamut. Everyone has an opinion on nearly everything associated with Christmas. We welcome the opinions of others on any Christmas topic.

Sneaking Christmas
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Sneaking Christmas

Many are the ways of sneaking Christmas. It is heralded by some, booed by others. For the critical media, it’s something called Christmas Creep and they drag it out every year. Right after Christmas-in-July is over the stories start to…
When You have Lost Your Jingle
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When You Have Lost Your Jingle

Jeff, where have you been? Boy, is that a loaded question. For the better part of three years things have lagged a bit on MyMerryChristmas. That's my fault. I've been aware of it the entire time. Hardly a month has passed where I'd make…
Christmas Down
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You Do Not Ever Have to Take Christmas Down

Taking Christmas down is an endless topic during the month of January, especially for Americans. Publications tout the "tradition" that dictate certain dates that Christmas trees, lights and decorations should come down. Others claim experts…
Christmas Card Etiquette
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Christmas Card Etiquette of the 21st Century

Christmas card etiquette is once again on the mind of publishers everywhere because it is Christmas card sending season. They say the sending of Christmas cards is a dying tradition and that the Internet or even social media might be the reason…
The Relentless Encroachment of Thanksgiving on Christmas
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The Relentless Encroachment of Thanksgiving on Christmas

The relentless encroachment of Thanksgiving on Christmas has gotten out of control. It begins in early October and does not let up until late November. The pervasiveness of Thanksgiving is so all-encompassing that hardly anyone puts Christmas…
Reaching Out to Christmas
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Reaching Out to Christmas

We all know that 2020 has become a mess of unpredictable events disrupting both our global and our personal worlds. A virus called COVID-19 has upended our lives, shut us up indoors, robbed us of income, separated us from loved ones, and restricted…
Christmas Blues
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If You Have the Post Christmas Blues You’re Doing Christmas Wrong

The post-Christmas blues are a very real thing. Once the date of December 25th has passed the specter of December 26th is an ominous marker to many. It sits there on the calendar like the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come. Silent and foreboding,…
Naughty Christmas
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The Naughty Stuff of Christmas

It was expected that in the era of President Donald Trump the war on Christmas would become more extreme. But nobody saw this coming. This time it is not the religious of Christmas under attack. It is definitively secular. Charlie Brown’s…
Christmas Future
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A Prediction of Christmas Future from 1896

In preparing for another episode of the Merry Podcast I came across an editorial from a New York newspaper published in 1896. It contains an amazing prediction of Christmas-yet-to-come. It is interesting to contemplate this being written considering…
Find Christmas
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Finding Christmas in Thanksgiving

A recent survey revealed sharp divisions in when the celebration of Christmas begins. Nearly a third said Christmas begins right after Halloween, a third said Christmas begins right after Thanksgiving and for another third the celebration of…
Christmas Weirdo
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Tis the Season for Christmas Weirdos

Once upon a time The Atlantic wrote of our merry website “they’re weirdos”. It was a swipe at the year round celebration of Christmas and of those who “took Christmas to the hobbyist” level. What other holiday, they asked, has such…
Ending Christmas

Ending Christmas Too Soon

In a world where “Christmas Creep” has become a thing nary a word is said about the abrupt end of Christmas. Ending Christmas each year happens without warning and absent of ceremony. I was aghast to see on Facebook a friend who had tossed…
Social Media is Killing Christmas

How Social Media is Killing Christmas Tradition

Social media is killing Christmas. There. I said it. What you are about to read is what they call a rant. It is also harsh truth. Brutal reality. You've been warned, snowflakes. As far as Christmas traditions go Christmas cards are not the…
reaching out to serve
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Reaching Out to Serve at Christmas

Christmas represents for many people an ideal time to think of others. Many have time off, some have extra resources and most have a desire to lend a hand at this time of the year. That is one of the keystone message of Christmas. But finding…
Thanksgiving and Christmas
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Loving Both Thanksgiving and Christmas

Thanksgiving and Christmas are seemingly at odds with each other these days. The politically correct thing seems to be “honoring Thanksgiving” by not doing Christmas too early. We must avoid the nefarious thing called "Christmas Creep". Target…