Christmas Lights

Andy and I put up the Christmas lights about a week ago. People had their lights up and blazing by the middle of October.

We will turn on our lights today, Thanksgiving, and will turn them off a few days after New Years. That is the rough duration of the modern tradition of running outdoor Christmas lights.

Now these arbitrary standards have been wholly discarded by many new young couples in the neighborhood. They run the Christmas lights for three months.

No wonder Islam is taking over the world. These 7th century barbarians and killers really believe their goofy theology and will die for the cause, and kill, lie and deceive any under the guise of advancing their holy cause.

We have forgotten that Christmas is about Christ. We have secular lights which we now run for 3 months, extending from the wicked, pagan monthlong parade of Halloween lights.

The West seems empty, practicing nothing and believing in nothing. No wonder fanatics from the East and the Third World are moving here and conquering us. We are old, bored, secular, jaded, rich, phlegmatic and spiritually dying.

Follow Christ. Follow some deity. Have some standards and some spark for goodness states. And turn those doggone Christmas lights off by the time the 12 days of Christmas are over.