So, I recently had an interesting thought, after watching an episode of My Little Pony. If you really, really don't care about MLP, I'll spoil it:
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This got me thinking, what if Jesus came back, and after being disgusted with the over-commercialization and whatnot associated with Christmas, declares that he no longer wishes anyone to celebrate it.
Now, there's no negative consequences for not doing what he says, he makes as much clear. He simply states that he doesn't think anyone should celebrate it anymore.
What would you do? Would you stop celebrating Christmas?