<p>OBM and TXA,
to carry it a bit further…</p>
<p>My son was at a classmate’s house at the beginning of winter break…maybe in 10th grade? and the mother asked what church he would be spending Xmas at…my son replied that we would be going for a movie and Chinese food. The mother was very offended that our family “did not recognize Christ’s birth” and that our activities demeaned the importance of the day. To which my always argumentative son replied that then maybe our family should be offended that they ate while we fasted on Yom Kippur. </p>
<p>I actually got a call from the mom, inviting us to church since we were “unchurched.” She really couldn’t wrap her head around the fact that not everyone is christian, and that not everyone recognizes the same holidays…and that Xmas day was not even a blip on our calendar, other than the fact that it is inconvenient to us that so many places are closed.</p>
<p>She is actually a very nice woman…just a little clueless as to how those who are out of her particular mainstream might perceive things a bit differently than she does. Like the fact that we look forward to winter break, and don’t really think about Xmas at all.</p>