By the way, I don’t need you to be Christian; I’m not Christian in the way most churches recognize. But here are more thoughts on Christmas.
I was thinking of my least favorite Christmas song (“All I Want for Christmas is YOOOOOO”) and asked my husband if there were any recently written Christmas songs that didn’t peddle a fantasy, either about snow, mistletoe, family Christmases, etc. or at the praise song level that didn’t address the social justice aspects of Jesus’ message. Older songs actually address social justice issues, from pointing out Jesus’ lowly birth to Masters in the Hall mentioning that Jesus would cast down the proud. We need social justice more than ever, but the dialog is sorely missing at Christmas, drowned out by jingle bells and commercials.
I wrote this out of my sadness and depression in this season, watching the humanity of the United States slowly bleed out drop by drop by legislation and regulation that favors the rich business people at the expense of the poor, people of color, and the LGBTIQA (sp?) community.
I dared myself to write the social commentary I wanted to see. I don’t have music for it, so if anyone wants to contribute that, let me know, and maybe I’ll become a singer-songwriter again:
I am an associate professor of human services at a regional Midwestern university. I am also a writer of fantasy and romance, hoping to get traditionally published. I have one husband and am owned by four cats.
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