Posted By Russ Emerson on December 25, 2004 at 3:00 am
Christmas is a joyous holiday, and joyous people tend not to behave like Torquemada. By my rough calculation, 99.87 percent of Christians who say “Merry Christmas” to people who aren’t Christian do so because they’re trying to be nice. And, by my equally rough calculation, 97.93 percent of people who take real offense when they’re on the receiving end of such Yuletide wishes are trying to be a pain in the — uh, well, they’re trying to be a pain.
Jonah Goldberg, Politicizing Christmas — Lighten up!
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Posted By Russ Emerson on December 25, 2004 at 2:00 am
For a 7-year-old who begged Santa for an Erector Set, “Waiting for Godot” ain’t nothing compared to waiting for Christmas. The no-parole, hard-time sentence of the days and nights before Christmas starts with a soul-grinding trial: the blessed moment school closes for the holiday vacation. As it is, second grade is an endless drag. Then the ecstasy of raising and decorating the Christmas tree gives way to the agony of waiting for the day to arrive.
The Day — you finally get the go-ahead, and your fingers shred the hideous snowman and icicle wrapping paper and uncover the secret source of the rattle in the present you’ve shaken once an hour for the previous week.
What adult with a clear memory of childhood doesn’t sympathize?
Austin Bay, in “Wait”
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