Garrison Keillor says that atheists and Jews should "buzz off" at Christmas time and leave the holiday to believers.
But I like Christmas too much to leave it to Mr. Keillor and other mindless bigots.* In fact, I'd like to propose an improvement to one of their carols.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a fun song, but none of the gifts have much to do with the Bible or Christianity. There are no french hens, leaping lords, or swimming swans in the Bible. And what's with the "Five Golden Rings" thing?
So let's change "Five Golden Rings" to something that has some religious significance. Something that is found in the Bible. Something God would appreciate.
Five Golden Hemorrhoids!
(If you don't know about them, you can read about them here.)
So this Christmas, in honor of Garrison Keillor, whenever you sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas" substitute "Five Golden Hemorrhoids" (or "Five Golden Rhoids") for "Five Golden Rings."
God and Garrison Keillor will love you for it!
Some believers might object by saying that the five golden hemorrhoids were from the Old Testament, so they have nothing to do with Jesus. But if so, they are forgetting that everything in the Old Testament points to Jesus. So the only question is this: How do the five golden hemorrhoids point to Jesus?
And the answer is perfectly obvious: The five golden hemorrhoids represent the five wounds of Christ in the crucifixion. They were fashioned out of gold and given to God as a present in the same way the wise men brought gifts to the baby Jesus at Christmas time.
Like everything else in the Bible, it all makes perfect sense.
Merry Christmas!
*I don't really think Garrison Keillor is a mindless bigot. I think he's just pretending to be one.
