Have you noticed the words marketers use to promote the Christmas season? These are a few...
love
joy
happiness
give
family
merry
dream
believe
These are sometimes wrapped up with a sentimental touch regarding the "true meaning of Christmas."
Although any sincere happy sentiment can be tied in some respect to the true meaning of Christmas, that gets around the point that marketers are getting around the true meaning of Christmas while ever slightly nudging it toward something that resembles a pair of grown-up Dr Dentons.
Which is fixed to no event, person, or promise.
It's as full of love and joy as the bills that arrive in January.
Around this time of year you'll hear many say "God is love," as if that legitimizes a secular celebration enough to use the word "Christmas."
They are all good words, to be sure, and I wouldn't stop anyone from celebrating Christmas with them. But the truth is that Christmas celebrates the birth of a real person in a real place and time. There's more to the story, but if you can't start there, you might as well stop looking for the real meaning.
[2102-12-18]
Say something else in that ear. 
"When you get old enough to know what you believe and dismiss what others believe, others may think you're intolerant, even if you are not. Too many folks interpret I think differently from you as I don't like you. They are not the same thing, even though they can sometimes sound very much alike. That goes for everything from Christmas to gun control."
--Clarence 0ddbody
[2012-12-18]
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