Merry Christmas, or Even Xmas!

This article, "No Reason for the Season: The joy of celebrating a godless Christmas" almost exactly sums up how I feel about the season. While I am squarely in the secular camp nowadays, I still care for the holiday, and believe there is no shame in it. My non-religious, family-and-friends-oriented version is just as valid, and does not interfere or conflict with anyone else's celebration. It was probably my grandmother, more than anyone else, whose love of Christmas translated into my own. It is our first Christmas without her. She will be dearly missed.

For the faithful, and for those who do not believe, for those I will get to see this next week or so, and for those I do not: Merry Christmas, one and all!