Father George Stewart, a priest from Saint Brendan's Church in the Bronx, once told us that one of his biggest pet peeves was Christmas cards that didn't mention Christmas in them. As a Christian pastor he wanted Christians to make sure their cards were about the reason for the season - Christ.
There was no Happy Holidays or Season's Greeting for Fr. Stewart. There was only Merry Christmas. And I'm sure you would get extra points from him if your card had a picture of the baby Jesus on it.
He has a point, what in the world does Season's Greetings mean anyway? So, when we set out to make our Christmas card, we made sure it said Merry Christmas and arranged it so that the words made a cross on it. The baby Jesus does not make an appearance on our card but you do. Your mom and I chose to make our Christmas card double as your birth announcement. What would Fr. Stewart say?
Merry Christmas!
Eternally Yours,
Tu papa
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