tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post7719790891211849075..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: Foot Notes to Yesterdays posts Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-78139313943692305952015-12-12T15:16:29.065-05:002015-12-12T15:16:29.065-05:00:-):-)Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-83568902860440093952015-12-12T15:13:19.405-05:002015-12-12T15:13:19.405-05:00I'm from New England, we don't do raucous ...I'm from New England, we don't do raucous well. They ruined St. Patrick's day that way, not to mention what those Unitarians used to do that day. Then that Clement Moore jerk got in on it and next thing you know you have action figure ornaments and heaven knows what toy they're rioting over this season. <br /> The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-87221987702682810532015-12-12T14:26:51.064-05:002015-12-12T14:26:51.064-05:00I am, as I've said publicly, a fan of a raucou...I am, as I've said publicly, a fan of a raucous Christmas, and have no problem with Christmas being a secular celebration.<br /><br />I agree with Keillor to this extent, though: I'm no fan of the neo-puritans who want to drive Christianity out of Christmas (the Puritans just wanted to drive Christmas out of Christianity). I have no problem with Santa-Con, especially since Santa is not a religious figure (well, not to me).<br /><br />But "Silent Night" is a Christian hymn. You don't like it's words, right your own damned tune. And really, it should be sung in German. My last church had a lot wrong with it, but they got that right. Every year, last hymn of Christmas Eve, "Stille Nacht." Their old German roots were true, at least on that point.<br /><br />And "Jule," best I can tell, shows up first in the 9th century in Europe. That would be a Christian Europe, by the way.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com