Originally posted on Truly Open Minds and Hearts:
By Mel Harkrader Pine I understand that many of my conservative and libertarian friends believe that the war on Christmas is real, but like much in today’s polarized world, I don’t get it. A Jewish Buddhist Unitarian Universalist Contrarian, I grew up in a Christmas-loving culture. I often…
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the road
Originally posted on dhamma footsteps:
POSTCARD #180: Chiang Mai: For most people in the Christian world, the Christmas festival has jingle-bells, santaclausisms and the Jesus Teachings are embedded in this but that’s okay. Somehow the essence of it got assimilated in the warmth of our Christmas-shopping and why not, it’s all-inclusive isn’t it? For a…
A Contrarian Buddhist Exposes Santa
It’s like laughing at one’s own joke. The grown-ups go: “Ain’t I cute. I got junior to fall for Santa again.”
Christmas – Good, Bad & Ugly
…it was sometimes a joy to walk the streets in December and encounter carolers, but other times it was not.
Melting-Pot Dharma 