I Was Taught 'God Hates Christmas.' Now, I Love It.

Holidays are infamous for bringing up all kinds of complicated feelings in people, and I count myself among them: my family hates Christmas. It was never a matter of bickering over politics at Christmas dinner, or the frustration of gifts poorly chosen and received ungraciously. No, no -- in my family, Christmas was a matter of eternal significance: "I hate, I despise your feast days," God chides in one Bible passage. God hated Christmas, and so everyone else had to as well. Or so we believed.