Ruined...outraged...
Isn’t this occasion to celebrate the birth of Christ? Am I missing something here?
You aren’t missing anything, Hal. They’re missing it, though maybe in the forced slow down, God might actually speak to them and then they will cease to miss it.
Christ came to stay. To put the “with us” in Emmanuel. A delayed item might underline a point. After the worldly frustration burns off, some appreciation may come across.
Merry Secular Christmas to everyone in America where materialism means more than everything else.