a letter to The Washington Post:
"After reading the article ' 'Holiday' Cards Ring Hollow for Some on Bushes' List' [front page, Dec. 7], I checked the Bible for the passages in which Jesus told us to go forth and buy trees to decorate, max out our credit cards on gifts, and use catalogues and the Internet to save time doing it. Nothing backed that up, but I did find a passage in Matthew (25:34-40) in which Jesus adjured his followers to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, take in strangers, and visit prisoners and the sick." As Jesus said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Perhaps those from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and the American Family Association who are organizing boycotts and fretting about greetings could put their time and energy to better use by acting on those words. And as for the pagan origin of "Christmas" trees -- let's not even go there.
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