The True Meaning of Christmas

 

If you guessed, like I did, that it is the birthday of Christ – as in ‘Christ Mass’, you’d be wrong.

No sir, the True Meaning of Christmas is “Santa Claus” along with his delivering gifts to children “to make them happy”.

Permit me to explain.

Our youngest grandson – Felix, was over earlier today – he is but 18 months old – but old enough for cartoons – which I watched along with him. 

(Just for the record, it is the first time that I have sat through kids’ cartoons since way back when – when Gordie the Pig was all the rage.) But I digress.

Today’s cartoon feature appeared on our Taxpayer funded Canadian Broadcast Corporation – CBC for short and when they announced that they were going to disclose the true meaning of Christmas I thought for a moment – a very slight moment – that ‘wasn’t that nice – to have this explained to Canadian Children on the very day before Christmas.

I then thought to myself ‘Oh Oh’ – this is CBC we are talking about  …what exactly will they tell these youngsters?

It soon followed with the Santa clap trap.

I guess CBC’s motto is to get them while they are young.

This only serves to reinforce my Christmas Wish that CBC be defunded.  If they are going to do such a disservice to the true meaning of Christmas – as least they can do it on their own dime and not yours and mine.

But this is not my only complaint at this holy time of the year – I also have a big problem with Christmas songs relentlessly played on both the radio and television.  You know, those greats such as jingle bells and Rudolph the red nose reindeer. 

That said, if I hear them played one more time, I fear I will be sick.

One guy even called in to say his favourite Carole was Elvis Presley’s ‘Blue Christmas’.

Whatever happened to the true Carols; the ones that up to recently had been sung for centuries at this special time of the year? 

Silent Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, the Huron Carole and so on.  

They have all be replaced by Mummy Kissing Santa Claus.

Some say that Christmas is under-attack in this the 21st Century and to that I say humbug – it is not under attack, it has simply been neutered.

Merry Christmas to one and all.  In the true meaning of the word. 

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

As I see it…

 

What do Women and the Feeble Minded ..

 

Have in common?

They both are in need of State Protection.

Apparently.

This has been brought home this week by way of a couple of pertinent examples.

Most recently, was this past Friday’s 9 to 0 Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling that Canada’s Prostitution Laws are not valid since they do not adequately protect prostitutes from harm, most of whom are of course women.

The laws themselves were initially imposed in the same belief, that women prostitutes needed protection from powerful men.  That is to say, prostitutes were forced into the trade as pliable vassals of male overlords.

This is of course a prime example of women needing big brother’s protection, but it is not in isolation.

Another area where this need is apparently great is within the justice system itself.

Women more and more can rely upon abusive situations to justify their actions against their male cohabits, up to and including a free pass when committing homicide.  It is ever more accepted that the woman in a relationship gone bad is the victim at the hands of a violent man.

Who wouldn’t opt for a free pass especially since the real facts are too often only known to the woman and her alleged abuser.

And then there are those poor souls forced to wear the hijab, niqab or burka.  Of course they are only doing it because they are under the thumbs of their tyrannical male masters. 

Or are they?  Did anyone ask them?

The final example I would like to put forward is in regard to the Abortion industry – the Morgentaler clinics of Canada and America’s Planned Parenthood.

Women are sucked in – on mass to the abortion assembly lines and seldom given alternatives such as the possibility of keeping their child or giving the child up for adoption.

Imagine the concept of empowering women to think for themselves.

Obviously, in all of this, I am playing devil’s advocate here but sadly there is an element of truth in what these examples tell us.

As a message to my two daughters, my daughter in law and grand-daughter, I would encourage them to stand up for the following:

• Make prostitution illegal for the sole reason that it hurts and degrades all of humanity;
• Justice System – keep your special protections for those in need of them – as for me and my follow sisters, we can take care of ourselves;
• I will wear what I want – when I want free from the dictates of man or state; and finally,
• I view life of the unborn as precious and only ask expectant mothers to give serious consideration of all options available to them.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’