A Christmas baby
It is the season to celebrate holidays: the winter solstice the festival of lights and for many the birth of the baby Jesus. Billions celebrate the birth of this baby. Fewer actually celebrate the real Jesus during this season. The popular Christmas baby Jesus is silent. He is innocent, wrapped in cloth laid in a manager with a shining star overhead. He lay in the midst of animals , his parents and 3 magi kneeling with gifts. He does not speak or judge. He is the perfect symbol for many of spirituality without legal or moral demands. In the movie Talladega Nights in one scene the stars are sitting down to eat and get into an argument. They argue you may shocked to know about Jesus. Ricky Bobby the protagonist says "I like the Christmas Jesus best when I'm sayin' grace." That would be the baby Jesus he speaking of the silent mostly inoffensive one. I say mostly because there are many who find...