Jesus is the Reason I Don't Do the Season

"You're so lucky you don't celebrate Christmas," I've been secretly told by tired and annoyed celebrants of the holiday. It's the 6th of January, and unlike the majority of people in this hemisphere, I don't have Christmas decorations to put away, scads of Christmas cards to sort through, or a dehydrated pine tree to dispose of. I didn't even put up a Christmas tree, and I haven't since 1986. But that's not all of which I've deprived myself and my children. I am also without the exorbitant after-holiday credit card balances, last-minute gift-buyer's remorse and the waiting in long lines with other frustrated shoppers, just to exchange  a garment for the correct size. 

Clicking on the headline (or the link below, if you're reading this via an RSS feed) will take you to the Post-Gazette website where you can click on a thumbnail image of the PDF of the page that printed in Sunday's Post-Gazette (Jan. 6, 2008). It's all about my experiences and thoughts about not celebrating Christmas.

Happy festivus.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08006/847040-109.stm