Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!

It's been two years since Manitoba's premier (that'd be equivalent to Governor for the U.S. folks, as in "Governor Schwarzenegger") walked into the Legislature in our province and got fed up with the "Multicultural Tree" that is put up every year. It's the "politically correct" tree for the "holiday season".

He wouldn't have been so upset, except that there were, on either side of the Multicultural Tree, huge "Happy Hannakuh" and "Happy Kwanzaa" displays. He went on record as saying, quote:

"If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, you call it a duck. This is a Christmas Tree, and that's what it's going to be called!"

Ya gotta love a socialist premier who decides that the politically correct sanitization of Christmas has gone too far!

I don't know why I'm including this in a Christmas Eve blog, except that I really enjoyed the moment:

A seaside baptism in the Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica California, Easter Sunday 2001. We were on staff at the Vineyard Westside, and although the church had a new building that had just opened, it was never even questioned that the tradition of public, beachside baptisms would continue.

The funnest part of the picture is that it's me - Rob McAlpine - on the left, during a pre-baptism group prayer time, and the guy on my right, who was getting baptized a few moments later, is Rob McAlpine. We used to jokingly call each other "cousin". It was an honour to participate in his baptism.

When I first started this blog, back in mid-August, I decided I would give it to Christmas to decide whether it was worth the time and effort, and if it actually seemed to be contributing something worthwhile. The first four months of blogging have been great, and it's a gift to me to have had such a great time dialoguing with so many different and unique people. Thank you, and Merry Christmas!.