Smithology

I’m pretty sure that when the angels appeared to the shepherds with the choir and trumpets, it was a bit of a bureaucratic stuff-up in heaven’s Department of Spectacles and Apparitions. They had planned a world-wide celebration but then God called it all off having cooked up a plan where by Jesus would be born in relative secret. The choir had been prepped already and due to internal politics, they couldn’t cancel but instead managed to divert from down-town Jerusalem to an out-of-town appearance where only some crazy shepherds would witness it. Meanwhile the star had been setup millions of years in advance and couldn’t be called off. Luckily only a couple of wacko eastern mystics noticed it so no harm done. Except the mishandling of it all just kept snowballing: crazy prophets, lepers and blind men spilling the beans, then the messiah movement got on board and started with the palm branches. The original plans had been so big that they just didn’t manage to call it all off in time.

So Christians need not lament about Jesus being forgotten amidst all the Christmas fanfare, being a subversive kind of chap, it’s just the way he would have liked it. I’m pretty sure he’ll manage to get through to the people who matter to him without our carrying on.

I think there’s something in that for all of us. Merry Christmas to all my loyal readers.

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