Holidays vs. Holydays

St. Patties Day is coming and already retail corporations are commercializing it. It is quite appalling how every holiday in Christendom has been secularized. Christmas is about Santa the Genie, Easter about a Bunny, Valentine's Day about chocolates and sex, and St. Patrick's Day getting drunk with ale. I wonder if anyone who celebrates St. Patties Day even remembers that St. Patrick purged Ireland of the serpents (demons) and unified the country in Christianity. Just like Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day it is about selling a product. We as Christians have let humanistic people take our holidays and taint them with depravity and debauchery. Christmas is suppose to be a celebration of Christ being born, his birthday. Instead it's about getting presents and worshiping Santa, which ironically unscrambled spells Satan. Valentine's Day which was to remember a saint who died defying Caesar who said no one may marry has become about gluttony and sexual immorality. Easter which was to commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is now about a giant bunny hiding eggs and prizes. When will it end? Everything that was suppose to get believers and even unbelievers focused on the deeds of Christ and saints is now about a product. This is nothing new, It's been happening for decades.

I simply have had enough. It's time for Christians to stop living in a comfy bubble. Time to take back our holidays and let people know about why they are even celebrating the shadow of their meaning each year. It's time to be bold and tell those who are oblivious about the true meaning behind Easter and St. Patrick's Day. We shouldn't settle for our Sanctuaries on Sundays! No we should share in our schools and in every social setting about why Easter is important. It's the holiday we should honor most! It legitimizes our faith! If it weren't for Resurrection Sunday (Easter) Christianity wouldn't exist! It's time to get as excited about Easter as we are about Christmas. To restore these holidays to holydays!

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