There is no more dangerous or disgusting habit than that of celebrating Christmas before it comes.... It is the very essence of a festival that it breaks upon one brilliantly and abruptly, that at one moment the great day is not and the next moment the great day is. Up to a certain specific instant you are feeling ordinary and sad; for it is only Wednesday. At the next moment your heart leaps up and your soul and body dance together like lovers; for in one burst and blaze it has become Thursday. I am assuming (of course) that you are a worshipper of Thor, and that you celebrate his day once a week, possibly with human sacrifice. If, on the other hand, you are a modern Christian Englishman, you hail (of course) with the same explosion of gaiety the appearance of the English Sunday.Read the whole article here.
Some day, I hope to hear, “Hey Mack, take the cuffs off him, I think he’s a Hall of Famer!”
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Chesterton on Christmas
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Christmas,
G. K. Chesterton
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Thanks for the Buzzard Blog link!
Nice blog,
Justin
Amen. Once again, Chesterton has been there before us, and he was right on.
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