Grrrrrrrr

prog linked to a James Lileks rant about anti-Christmas sentiment. (Among other things. He gets a little scattershot and ad hominem in places.) The line I want to highlight is:

"Whatever you believe matters less than if you believe [in G-d], and if you do, Christmas matters. If you believe very little, it may be the one day where you get all your believing done. Better than nothing."

Pause. This quote really does boggle my mind. Lileks is saying, "If you believe in G-d, Christmas is an important day to you." Let me just say that again: "As long as you believe in G-d, even a little, then Christmas is an important day."

And people wonder why I get so annoyed with the assumption that Christmas is part of the secular, universal culture.