What is Christmas? It is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the man the Bible says was the Son of God, even though the holiday itself just happens to coincide with pagan celebrations of the onset of winter (like the solstice) and ample evidence exists to show that Christ was actually born in spring, not winter.
That is, however, neither there nor here--nobody is moving Christmas to May, for which I am singularly glad, as that would compete with, if not outright obscure, my birthday. Christmas is where it is, and it is what it is. No one is moving it or making it go away, despite what some far-right gasbags may tell you.
What is Aslan? He is the lion who sounds an awful lot like Liam Neeson from those Chronicles of Narnia movies. He is also, as intended by the author of the Narnia books, C.S. Lewis, a metaphor for Christ.
So it is entirely appropriate that Aslan stand between Rudolph and Clarise and before the Christmas tree, roaring his approval of the holiday to come in just under two weeks. Think anyone--even the psychotic killer robot angels--are gonna mess with Rudy and Ms. C with a big freakin' lion/Christ allegory standing there? I think not.
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Yep, Rudy and Clarise are safe now. Those angels still freak me out, bro.
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