Christmas Quotes - Gary L Alexander - November 1970

Gary L Alexander

I HATE CHRISTMAS, said one department-store manager in California. "I hate the hypocrisy, the one-day Christianity of Christmas. I hate the commercialism - and I'm part of it. People don't even know WHY they're giving." What a paradox. At Christmas time, millions of families are drawn closer together while simultaneously more people are depressed, deep in debt, discouraged, drunken, and dying than during any other month of the year. Acts of charity - and acts of violence - reach their yearly peak, while "birthday gifts" to Christ, as represented by total church contributions, drastically decline. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library