Shedding light on the real `reason for the season'

[icymist]

I've got your "reason for the season" right here, pal.

Just outside the window, to be exact: Sunlight.

No secret there. Civilizations all over the northern hemisphere have been making merry toward the end of December for thousands of years, with most of the celebrations linked somehow to the "return" of the sun --- the longer periods of daylight that begin on the Winter Solstice December 21.

Which is why the triumphant, even defiant slogan "Jesus is the reason for the season" -- seen this time of year on buttons, T-shirts and bumper stickers and heard from those who grouse that secular society is at war with Christmas--- is so irritating.

A cynic with more energy than I have ought to create "Marduk is the reason for the season" banners in honor of the beloved Zagmuk story.
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[laheina]

1. Great Article!!

And the comments (and the author's replies) are worth a look too!

Some of them are funny and some are just true. :)

[icymist]

2. My goodness, yes!

Read the comments. They're a hoot!