Christmas 2004

• C is for Culture, which Christians also Cross with the Gospel to get Christmas.
  

• R is for Resurrection, which is what Christmas also celebrates.
  

• O is for Observance, the shift from observing the return of the Sun to the return of the Son.
  

• SS is for Seasonal Sentiments, which today often exists in tension with the gospel of Christ crucified and raised.
  

• I-N-G-S is for In Noticeably Good Spirits