On December 15, 2010 I wrote:

“There is a billboard that I pass on my way to work that has caught my attention.  It is one of those double-speak advertisements for an American beer. It shows two men and a woman, professionally attired, at what appears to be the office Christmas party. The blazers have been discarded, the top buttons unbuttoned, and the neckties loosened. Each of the three has a drink in hand and the billboard reads: “Celebrate Responsibly.”

. . . I began to ask myself what does it mean for us, for people of faith, for Christians to celebrate these seasons responsibly, these seasons of Advent and Christmas . . . Read more here.

Advent Blessings today on this Feast of St. Nicholas, bishop, generous giver, lover of the poor.