Quite a play on words there, but fully truthful. Many people assume Christmas is like any other American holiday; Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Veteran's Day; where that one day is set aside to honor a specific people and that's it. The rest of the year is left open to ignore them. This is certainly not a good thing to practice anytime for any reason, especially when it comes to Christmas. Many people will do their own thing the whole year but insist on going to Christmas Mass. This is about as effective as placing a used Band-Aid on a large surface 3rd degree burn. If people are going to insist on spinning their wheels I'd rather have them just not come to church. It's sad, but since they're not going to Heaven anyway they might as well stay away and not sully our Holy Water.
Christmas is not about that one day of the year, it is a lifestyle. It is a reminder to keep an attitude of righteousness. Christmas is not only a celebration of Jesus' birth, it is a reminder of His life. Even before He was born prophecy told us of His death. We are reminded of this through the gift of myrrh, which is a specific spice used in the burial process.
God works 24/7, we should be respectful and honorable of that. We can't give God just one day a year, we shouldn't celebrate Christmas just for the sake of it; neither we nor the world can afford to be mediocre Christians. Jesus didn't live halfway--He gave us His all, His everything, including His life. The least we can do is try our best to give it back.
Don't be the lizard.
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