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If you have very religious friends then you know that many people have always felt that the public face of Christmas has always been tainted by the commercial nature of the holiday in our culture.\u00a0 They are outraged that the secular elements of Christmas overshadow the sacred nature of the holiday.<\/p>\n

Maybe from their point of view what is happening in the culture now is no worse than the former commercialism.\u00a0 Well, now it\u2019s everyone else\u2019s turn to be outraged.\u00a0 Of course, the present outrage isn\u2019t confined to commercialism.\u00a0 We\u2019re dealing with the destruction of a whole civilization and its replacement by nihilism.\u00a0 But maybe the course of action everyone will be forced to adopt is basically the same as that taken by religious people living in a secular society.\u00a0 The religious communities have to provide analogs for all the secular institutions around them.\u00a0 They send their children to religious grammar and high schools.\u00a0 Their churches sponsor children\u2019s sports teams and fraternal organizations and social occasions where families can get together and young people can find friends.\u00a0 And these organizations can act as networking opportunities for professional advancement and community projects.\u00a0 Even politics can be centered around church membership.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t happen to be religious this may pose a problem in today\u2019s woke society.\u00a0 Outside of churches the Left has exerted massive pressure to warp and control the other organizations existing in the world today.\u00a0 Public schools are hotbeds of homosexual recruitment and even stranger things like the indoctrination of middle-school kids into the transgender delusion.\u00a0 The Boy Scouts have been co-opted, the large corporations are saturated with diversity, inclusion and equity programming and the federal government is an occupying army.<\/p>\n

So, there\u2019s only one way forward.\u00a0 You have to do it all yourself.\u00a0 Anything you want to preserve about Christmas, you are going to have to sponsor personally.\u00a0 So, let\u2019s say you want to encourage the religious aspects of Christmas.\u00a0 Then you are going to have to make sure you bring the kids to church and tell them what you believe.\u00a0 And if there are cultural traditions or family traditions you want to preserve then you better take the time to teach the kids and the grandkids about them and why they are important.\u00a0 And let\u2019s face it, if you don\u2019t really believe in the importance of these things, you won\u2019t be able to convince anyone else that they are important.<\/p>\n

Luckily for me, I love old fashioned Christmas.\u00a0 I love getting together with the family and eating a great big meal and passing the time together playing games and telling stories about the old days to the kids and talking about the minor news and events in the family and the community.\u00a0 I love to put on some old movie like \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d or \u201cA Christmas Story\u201d and introduce it to another generation.\u00a0 I love to spend time with my kids and grandkids and hear about their lives and maybe provide a sympathetic ear to someone who needs to talk or make the encouraging noises that everyone likes to hear and sometimes really needs.\u00a0 And if the talk turns to things going on in the larger world state your opinion honestly and fearlessly.\u00a0 Don\u2019t mince words about the Democrats and especially not about the truly insane fringes of the Left.<\/p>\n

And Christmas is just one chapter of what needs to be done.\u00a0 Every aspect of normal life and Western Civilization needs the same treatment.\u00a0 Be vocal and comfortable about cheerleading for the good things in the old culture that need to be defended and nurtured.\u00a0 Encourage the kids to think about important parts of their lives that they will have to attend to.\u00a0 Finding a job, finding a spouse, raising a family.\u00a0 These are things that don\u2019t go without saying.\u00a0 Say them.\u00a0 Provide practical help for things like career counseling, finding activities, even providing them with help like a lift to a job or an activity.\u00a0 After all most parents are stretched pretty thin.\u00a0 If a granddad has the time, he should make himself useful.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s enough talk.\u00a0 We\u2019re headed out Christmas Eve in the afternoon to one of my daughters.\u00a0 That\u2019s going to be fun.\u00a0 And then Christmas dinner is at my house and that will be grand.\u00a0 All the grandkids will be there and I will be in my glory.<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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