Driving back to Rochester from Columbus on Sunday was quite the non-stop event -- non-stop rain, non-stop trucks and non-stop Christmas music. Cruising up and down the dial, I must have found every FM station that switched to an all-Christmas, all-the-time format on Thanksgiving Day. I don't mind it, actually. I am often amused by it -- Mariah Carey warbling through "O Holy Night" or Alvin and the Chipmunks and "Christmas Time Will Soon Be Here." Every once in a while they even slip through a sacred classic, and a little inspiration on the Thruway is never a bad thing!
The secular recognition of Christmas is an easy target, but perhaps we can think of it differently than that. What is it about the story that we know so well, the story that claims and defines us, that is so compelling that even the world "out there" makes an effort to pay attention to it. And what can we do to keep that story alive in our ever-changing, ever-evolving world?
Two questions:
>What's your favorite secular Christmas song?
>What's your favorite Christmas carol?
Answers to come...
John Wilkinson, Pastor
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My favorite Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas hymn: O Holy Night--when not warbled by sopranos that take liberties.
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