Readers of this blog may know the following things about me:

1. I’m not a fan of George W. Bush
2. I’ve compared the U.S.A. to the Roman Empire
3. I believe in a strict interpretation of the just war doctrine that proscribes
   war in most cases.
4. I didn’t agree with the invasion of Iraq. In fact, I participated in a large anti-war rally in Pittsburgh.
5. I dislike the fact that the Church co-opted pagan winter celebrations with Christmas in a bid to gain more converts.
6. I loathe the commercialization of Christmas by Christians. Let the pagans, heathens, and faithful of other religions spend their money how they please. We should be following the examples of Christ and His apostles.

Knowing these things, a reader might be led to believe that I’d agree with the conclusions
presented in “The
politics of the Christmas story” by James Carroll of the Boston Globe.
That reader would be wrong.

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