The Grinch Is Satan

Satan has stolen Jesus' manger birth,
And made it the bellwether of commerce;
He permeates all governments on earth
With deceit, God's Kingdom growth to reverse!
What is Christmas now, but how much is sold,
Whether more, or less, than a year ago?
The nation's eyes are fixed on how much gold
Christ's warm spirit results in money flow!
They don't care that their Maker dwelt with men;
That He loved them enough to die for them;
They don't care or see that they're lost in sin,
Their only hope that Babe of Bethlehem!
He who made this universe, it He can end;
He's shunned; their worry's how much we'll spend!

What the White House is calling "Happy Holidays" is Christmas to Christians; it is our celebration of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. As our nation invariably does, it has so commercialized Christmas, because of the collateral and non-Christian custom of gift-exchanging, that the whole economic world holds its collective breath until it learns how much money people spend each year. We have been induced to do more and more shopping, until it has become our patriotic duty to smother ourselves deep in debt, just to rescue the insipid economy of the rest of the year. Jesus Christ is on the verge of being blamed for the collapse of Wall Street and the nation's world credit because His birthday spirit doesn't generate enough income to overcome their greedy excesses of stupidity the rest of the year! They want it both ways: Shun Jesus, outlaw Him in public society, but use His loving spirit to generate profits for business whose avariciousness has gotten the nation into economic free fall. Mr. Obama: Tear down that shameful wall keeping Jesus Christ out of America's public life! We ought to adopt Islam's gift-exchange policy. Every time a terroristic jihadist act succeeds in killing Americans, they exchange gifts with each other, as we do at Christmas. When the 9/11/01 atrocity in New York occurred, there were millions of gifts exchanged between Muslims, including those considered non-radical. We could do the same thing throughout the year whenever our troops win a victory, thus removing the pressure from Jesus to keep reckless CEO's from depending upon Christmas sales to save them from bankruptcy.

It is unfortunate for Christianity, because our nation has been steadily diverging from its Christian roots since the end of WWII. I suppose the gift-exchange custom is considered to have originated from the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh presented by the 3 wise men from the East to baby Jesus at His birth. That is not what was intended by God; gift-giving at Christmas is harmful to the cause of Christianity. It has overshadowed the real significance of the bith of Christ and become a monster. It puts families deep in debt and causes bankruptcies; it detracts from financial gifts to churches. I'm not opposed to gift-giving in moderation, but it really has little to do with Christianity. Nearly all children begin life confusing Jesus with Santa, the Easter bunny, and the tooth fairy.