Comments on: Spiritual Wisdom of the Week – In Praise of Santa Claus!

By: Annamae Diedrich

Annamae Diedrich — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:10:23 +0000

I like the actual thunderstorm … but simply no energy…it will likely be a scorching night time!

By: Dave Belden

Dave Belden — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:37:23 +0000

That’s to give the festival over entirely to the worst kind of Christians. Christians have probably been more responsible for wars and horror than anyone else, as you say, but to blame that on Jesus is highly disputed! Tikkun is for Jews, yes, and for everyone of whatever faith including atheists, and our goal with the holidays is to redefine them and rework them so that people have positive, life-affirming ways to celebrate them. That doesn’t involve denial of the pain and harm caused by members of any or every religion, but it does involve seeking out the elements we can celebrate and magnify and find inspiration in. This post, you may have noticed, is about a different kind of deity, one not mentioned in the Christian holy texts at all, and no doubt owing much to more ancient traditions. That so many Christians have embraced this spiritual being is, the author writes, a good thing!

By: messy

messy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:41:52 +0000

Christmas is NOT a festival for everyone. It’s not one for Jews, and isn’t Tikkun about Jews and Judaism? For Jews it celebrates the fact that we’ve gotten the crap beaten out of us for two thousand years and more, Jesus was responsible for more wars and horror than anyone else.

Christmas celebrates the fact that they think we’re going to spend an eternity in HELL for the sanctification of the holy name. FEH!

By: Aminah Carroll

Aminah Carroll — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:32:22 +0000

In Praise of the Soldiers who give their all for Peace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INj75VHjthk

By: vladd77

vladd77 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:36:07 +0000

I was on the verge of ‘killing’ Santa because everything about ‘him’ represents consumerism and gluttony.
The article and a couple of happenings today have placed ‘him’ in a better light.

So..God Bless Santa.

God Bless Bob Dylan too..for his Christmas album.

Good Yule from Sweden

By: marcia perryman

marcia perryman — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:11:28 +0000

Thankyou Michael for this article, with its contrast of stern morality and the holy fool. The only trouble with Santa is that he is part of the greedy, grabbing of children rather than the generosity which he originated… marcia

By: Nancy Vedder-Shults

Nancy Vedder-Shults — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:53:14 +0000

Thanks, Michael, for pointing us back to this article by Thomas Moore. I never gave up Santa Claus even when I let go of Christianity. I did, however, get rid of “he knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake.” Moore’s Santa figure is a wonderful holy fool. Reading his thoughts make me realize why Santa stuck around for me.