I see the annual holiday traditions are in full swing, with Mayor Dunaway, Bill O'Reilly, and Governor Purdue all making the same old complaints about political correctness, Christians being somehow deprived of their holiday, etc.

The Bible suggests Jesus was born in the spring, not in December. The only grounds Christians have for claiming that this is their holiday season is that they stole the winter festival fair and square from the pagans—and changed its name—a long time ago. 

It wasn't a "Grinch" that stole Christmas, it was the Christian church.

Happy holidays to all.

Contact Ed Buckner

(Published, Marietta Daily Journal, 12/10/05)