not that I had one... but that is what today was... umm... at church... the Epiphany. (but it is actually supposed to be celebrated on Janauary 6th - but I guess "they" moved like "they" move MLK Day around)
marking the end of the official religious Christmas season (Epiphany is the climax of the Christmas Season - where the three magi "reveal" Jesus and Lord and King - and the supposed end of the Twelve Days of Christmas, December 25th to January 5th)...
whereas the commercial Christmas ended at the stroke of midnight following December 25th.
It's funny how commercial Christmas starts after Halloween and ends on Christmas Day and how the official religions Christmas starts with Advent and ends with the Epiphany...
Commercially, Christmas is celebrated much longer and many people, religious or not, partake in the glorified materialism thrust upon us...
I do it. I'm a materialistic whore.
(I'm not going to deny something so obvious)
Spiritually, Christmas is probably the next most important religious event after Easter (Easter is the foundation of the Christian faith... if you care, and if you do care, you probably knew that, so it was probably pointless for me to point this out)
whatever...
I have no point.
I just felt like typing something.
happy new year to all...
I don't think I've mentioned that yet.
:-P
Sunday, January 04, 2004
epiphany...
posted @ 12:33 by ryan in [ General... ]
