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Christmas Shame
The year we had no tree, Mother planted within me a seed of discontent with all cultural displays of religion.




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Thank you for taking away the Christmas tree the winter I was eight years old. And thank you for giving it back the next year.

Related elsewhere:

'O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,' from Christian History & Biography is a short history of Christmas trees.

Eugene H. Peterson is the author of The Message and other books.

His articles and interviews with Christianity Today include:

Spirituality for All the Wrong Reasons | Eugene Peterson talks about lies and illusions that destroy the church. (March, 2005)
Inside CT: Hospitality Incarnate | Eugene Peterson lives what he teaches.By Mark Galli (March, 2005)
'I Didn't Want to Be Cute' | Author Eugene Peterson describes what drove his writing of The Message (October 7, 2002)
Holy Saturday | Part three of The Great Reversal, a CT Classic article (April 1, 2000)
To the Suburban Churches of North America | A message from the Son of God, Jesus, whom you call Master and who calls you to follow him. (October 25, 1999)
Highlights: The Subversive Shepherd | Eugene Peterson calls pastors to return to the hard work of making saints.(July 14, 1997)
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