I *still* think a birthday cake should be part of the whole Christmas thing.
There are big billboards that proclaim "Jesus is the Reason for the Season." OK. Cool simple, declarative sentence. (I like those.) It rhymes. Groovy. However, every time I see one of those billboards I want to throw a guantlet at somebody. "What are you guys actually
DOING about that? Celebrating a birthday? Rushing about doing good deeds, as he rather heavily suggested? Or did you just put up a billboard?"
All while my kids were growing up, part of the Christmas season was "what good deed will we do this year?" It started when they were little and we encountered our first "Angel Tree" in a store. The kids were absolutely wowed. "You mean, you take an angel and buy presents for the kid who's first name and clothing sizes are on it? COOL!!!" And of course, each kid had to have their own angel. And of course, just clothing for Christmas? Oh, I so don't think so. There had to be candy and little toys in the box we wrapped for each kid. One year we did the elderly and got the name of a woman. She wanted warm clothing and canned food. She also liked puzzles. She went to the senior center every day and played with jigsaw puzzles. We put together two huge boxes and actually got to meet the woman.
Happy Birthday, Jesus.
