Another 'reason for the season'

I just found another blog article titled "Reason for the season," written on Christmas Eve, on Postcards from the Smoking Gnu.

An excerpt:

Enough already. Someone spank all these overgrown children and send every last one of them crying in shame to their beds without their supper and with sure promises of stockings full of ashes and switches to greet them come morning. It's time to bring back Reason this Season.

Read the article now, and bookmark it to read again next October.

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The reason for the season

Last week, during the mad rush of last minute shopping, parties and family visits, I neglected to comment on "the reason for the season."

So, belatedly I say, "Happy Birthday, Jesus."

Ditto for Baldur. And Mithras. And Helios. And Apollo. And Attis. And Dionysus. And Osiris.

Their birthday party is rockin' after thousands of years.

Have I forgotten anyone?

Oh, yes! Happy Birthday to the Sun, the reason for the season. Ra! Ra! Ra!



Image: The Greek god Helios

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