Selling Jesus isn't the reason for the season

With 19 shopping days left until Christmas, the effort to put Christ in every promotional parade and every discount-store advertisement is in a fulsome, unholy frenzy.

Faith Bible Chapel Pastor George Morrison proudly celebrated the addition of the first religious-themed float into the 31-year-old Parade of Lights, an event conceived as a way to attract shoppers to downtown Denver that is best known for causing traffic jams that result in Denver violating federal carbon monoxide limits.

"This keeps the spirit of what Christmas is all about," he told reporters Friday night, which is an awful lot to expect from a parade float.

On Sunday at my neighborhood SuperTarget, I tried to imagine the religious right's version of the ultimate Christmas retail experience, with a checkout clerk hawking "Specials on iPods on Aisle 6. Jesus in the manger on Aisle 9. And be sure to apply for a Target Visa card to get another 10 percent off all your holiday shopping."

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doin' a heck uv a job--all them shoppers out there spendin' theirselves inta hock. Baby Jesus wants ya'll ta spend my govmint outta deep doo-doo. God bless Amurikan shoppers!"

:sarcasm:

been injecting themselves into the Marina Del Rey Festival of Lights Boat Parade for at least 15-16 years. :eyes: I didn't even know who or what they were till I saw them go by on light up boat that said "Jesus is the Reason for the Season-Hope Chapel" they were singing hymns and raising their arms in the air.x(