So it's been a little while...

but I'm back with more froggy thoughts. Life has been going well enough. Mr. Tadpole has been enjoying his new job. It's work he really enjoys doing and he hasn't had a bad day yet:). It would be nice if they would have him go full time, but I'm just grateful it's working out so well.

I've been thinking a lot about how some people get worked up over the names for things. Call a Christmas tree a Yule tree or Holiday tree and watch the heads spin. That apparently is a very bad thing and (somehow) anti-Christian even though there is nothing particularly Christian about decorating trees to begin with . And the fact that many people who celebrate the midwinter holiday season are not Christian also is selectively ignored.

I'm not upset that people are Christian. Everyone has a right to their dearly held beliefs. Christians have every right to their beliefs and to have them respected. But so do Pagans as well, and Jews, and Atheists and Muslims and Buddhists and everyone else. I don't think it's fair for anyone to expect their world or society to be centric to their personally chosen belief system. It's a shame we can't seem to find a happy medium. Where we are free to shape our lives to our personal beliefs but we recognize that there are lots of other people with lots of other beliefs that deserve the same respect ours do.

That's what this season is supposed to be about, goodwill, respect, generosity and kindness of heart. It's supposed to be about love and warmth and togetherness, with families, with friends, as people sharing common celebrations. Does it really matter that the Christians are celebrating Christmas, the Neo Pagans are celebrating the Solstice and Yule and the Jews are celebrating Hanukkah? I can't think of one reason why it should.