What we’re reading on the blogs today:
On Salon this weekend, dad Kenneth Rapoza wrote about how he tries to keep his daughters’ belief in Santa going strong. We know what lies parents tell to keep Santa real, so we’re rather impressed with how Rapoza responds to this: “Why does Santa make everything in China anyway?”
Do non-Christians feel excluded by Christmas trees? One Simon Fraser researcher thinks so. Also, perhaps the trees make those with Christian backgrounds feel guilt and stress.
But what about all those non-Christians who contribute to traditional Christmas cheer? Surely those Jewish songwriters who basically created the sounds of our modern Christmas feel included. According to this Globe and Mail article, “The story of modern Christmas music – Jewish Christmas music – begins in 1942, when a Bing Crosby recording of Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas’ became the first Christmas tune to reach the hit parade.” It’s actually the best-selling single of all-time.
