Monday Madness

Ah! The day after Christmas. Finally a day I got to sleep in for a change, which is not the norm around here.  Even though I am home recuperating from a medical condition for the past three months, and the doctor wants to keep me home for another three months (and my Federal job does not provide disability insurance so will be living on nothing) I still need to get up every morning to get the family off to work and school.

It was nice to sleep in, and I even got to dream which is an even rarer event. And I actually feel rested. Now why would I say that, well I've been very tired lately and have been blaming the medication. My last doctor's appointment I mentioned this and the doctor said no on the medications and that I was tired because I was resting so much. Does that make sense to you?

So we go to a diner for breakfast, since we got up late. Our waitress took our order, and another one walked over and said "Merry Christmas", caught herself and then said "Happy Holidays." I told her that it was okay to say Christmas, we weren't Liberals and appreciated the gesture. Then we enjoyed our fabulous meal and returned home.

Listen folks, it's okay to say MERRY CHRISTMAS! It's Christmas Day, not Holi-Day. Some people get offended at that but so what? It offends me that they don't say Merry Christmas, so whose offended less in this scenario?

Some people write Christmas out as Xmas. Okay, that to me is offensive but after thinking about it, guess what? It's OKAY to use Xmas. The original intention for Xmas was to take CHRIST out of CHRIST-MAS but that doesn't fly and proves that God has thought of everything. You see, the letter X is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ! Χριστός (pronounced Christos - meaning the anointed one, the Messiah, the Christ) and is used in the Ithycus (the Christian fish symbol sometimes having the Greek letters IXOYE inside).

History tells us that during the reign of Emperor Nero in Rome, there was persecution against the Christians. It caused them to flee to the catacombs to meet in secret and to use code words for things of a Christian nature in order to identify themselves to other Christians. One person would for example draw half of the fish in the sand, and if the other was also a Christian, they would complete the second side.The fish symbol is a sign of the "fishers of men" principle, and you see them, displayed on cares sometimes. You may also have seen it with an "IXOYE" inside of the fish. The Greek letters "I", "X", "O", "Y", and "E" are actually an abbreviation in Greek letters standing for Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.

In Slavic countries, using the Cyrillic alphabet, The name Christ is Христос. There's that pesky "X" again, so go ahead! If you wish to say Xmas, I don't like it, but there's nothing wrong with it! And they thought they has us beaten.

I can' wait for the New Years Day post. I'm going to have fun with that one.