Christmas begins…

I've preached on this subject a few times now once at harvest, once in the Kingdom season, even during the summer, even to the family service in a light hearted kind of way, no adverse reactions… … So when I found an article about Christmas being too commercial and dominated by the church around one date rather than using the wealth of tradition over the whole winter period, I thought it might be good to slip it into the magazine, just for an alternative view – get people thinking.  Not, I should add to make them feel guilty!  Perhaps it was a bit too radical, what do you make of it?

http://www.alternativity.org.uk/pdf/articlepreparingforchristmas.pdf 

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