Investigation...

Been doing a little PI work...trying to find where the Spirit of Christmas is being held hostage...Deciding the best place to check would be the local churches. Now I hear Anchorage is pulling the plug on "The City of Lights" this year. Seems energy conservation is the focus...not a bad thought really. I considered this on my drive. There are a LOT of churches in this town...but what I noticed is there are NOT a lot of nativity scenes set up at these churches...if the church crosses Christ out a Christmas...no wonder every one else does. I did notice that the ABT went all out on their lights...kind of reminded me of a casino or a brothel truthfully...all that money spent on electricity....but NO nativity scene....that is just not right. Sorry Monty. The largest church in town...lit up like a Vegas strip mall...giving up the baby Jesus? I do not understand. After my greatly disappointing trip around town...I decided to cheer myself for the Season and began humming the Carols of the Season...Softly humming God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen....the person behind me in line began adding the words...."The Rest Room Door said Gentlemen...."I have found a clue.... Dad was right...when "Grandma got Ran Over By a Reindeer" came out I remember my father saying songs like this will change the Season...I did not understand then what the big deal was...now...all of the Carols sung about Christ and his birth are also twisted into tunes not many remember the originals anymore. I will thank the world of retail for this little change in our Christmas music too...see hours on end from Halloween to New Years employees listen to the Seasons Carols. They begin to annoy them, they refuse to listen to them at home...now the stories of Christs Birth that are told via song...are about nuns in bathrooms stuffing high heels up peoples behinds... Long ago this music was only played in December...after Santa made is debut in the Macy parade on Thanksgiving...the first day of the Season...now to keep people listening they have had to make fun of the songs that annoy the retail employees for 4 months out of a year...I admit...I too felt annoyed listening to Deck the Halls 900 times in one week.... I will continue my investigation but I do believe I have found the culprits of the "lack of holiday spirit." Away in a manger no crib for a bed, the little lord Jesus lay down his sweet head, the cattle are lowing the poor babe he wakes the little lord Jesus no sound did he make. We three kings of orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star. In the mean time...no music in my house that is not a Traditional Season Carol in the month of December (at least where I have to hear them) On that note... God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing ye dismay, remember Christ Our Savior was born on Christmas Day.