Advent, Seasonal Strangeness, and Me

This is the first Sunday of Advent, part of the Catholic countdown to Christmas. I look forward to this time of year, but realize that some folks don't.

So here's a non-discriminatory un-greeting:



As I wrote last year:

"...Think about it. Using the straight-as-a-pretzle 'logic' of recent decades, 'happy holiday' and 'winter holiday' are as 'hateful' and 'divisive' as 'merry Christmas:'

• " 'Happy' discriminates against people with mood disorders
• " 'Holiday' sounds too much like 'holy day'
• " 'Winter' discriminates against folks living in the southern hemisphere

"And, no: I don't think any of the above make sense...."
(December 16, 2011)

I generally make some sort of picture for the holiday season.

They're probably not the sort of thing you're used to seeing on Christmas cards:


This blog (2008)


Loonfoot Falls Chronicle-Gazette (2009)


Apathetic Lemming of the North (2010)


Apathetic Lemming of the North (2011)

I take my faith very seriously. Some of my native culture's customs and assumptions, not so much. And that's another topic.

Related posts:

• "Christmas: Mything the Point"
  (December 18, 2011)
• "My Take on the News: Jingle Bells, Jangled Nerves, and Good Advice"
  (December 16, 2011)
• "Why I Don't Go Ballistic Over Xmas"
  (December 23, 2010)
• "Three Things That Go By the Name of Christmas"
  (December 24, 2009)
• "Christmas Nativity Scenes and St. Francis of Assisi"
  (December 24, 2009)