What holiday does a holiday tree celebrate? (standard:humor, 910 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 02 2012	Views/Reads: 2716/1829	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I will confess right up front to a certain degree of confusion. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage will corroborate this confession. So many things confuse me; I am not sure where to begin, and once I begin, where in the world will it stop?

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from the phrase “holy day?” 

I am not a PhD but I do know that the phrase “holy day” has religious
roots. 

So, I am really confused along this line. On the one hand, we are not to
use the word “Christmas” because of its religious connotations. At the 
same time, we are supposed to use the word “holiday” which in every 
dictionary in the land means “holy day.” 

I could be corrected along this line, but in my thinking the phrase,
“holy day” has some very distinct religious roots. When I hear somebody 
complaining along this line, and they do it so vehemently, I have a 
question as to their sanity. It does not make sense to me. 

Christmas is a holy day but we are not allowed to think of it as a holy
day just use the term “holiday.” Now I am really confused. Is it a 
holiday or a holy day? Is it sacred or is it secular? What holiday does 
a holiday tree really celebrate? 

I like what the apostle Paul wrote, “Let no man therefore judge you in
meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or 
of the Sabbath days” (Colossians 2:16 KJV). 

I will not allow any man's objections affect my celebration of the
Christmas season. To quote from a great secular classic, “God bless us, 
everyone.” 


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