cupotea
Puritan Board Junior
To quote Seinfeld, "I think I made a big mistake!"
I have cousins who live in Illinois, about a 10 hour drive away from Hamilton. We only see each other once a year, in the summertime, when they come up to Ontario to visit. As it happens, I was in Boston all summer, so I didn't see them this year. Which means, I haven't seen them in about a year and a half.
So I got the bright idea to suggest that my parents and I go visit them at their house in Illinois this Christmas. We used to do that when I was younger. My parents bought the idea. We're going.
Here's the mistake part: my cousins are big on Christmas. I just received an email from my aunt saying how excited she is for the big "musical gathering" we're going to have that night. Last time we were there I sort of protested the celebration by refusing to sing, which resulted in anger, tears, and us not going to visit them the following year. Obviously, this is still in my aunt's mind. Unfortunately, my feelings about Christmas haven't changed. It's one thing to celebrate it and sing about Santa Claus and feel stupid, but it's another to listen to Athiests (which they all are) sing "I love thee Lord Jesus" with no feeling but rather pure enjoyment of the SOUND. I'm afraid that I'm going to revolt again.
What should I do? How should I react?
I have cousins who live in Illinois, about a 10 hour drive away from Hamilton. We only see each other once a year, in the summertime, when they come up to Ontario to visit. As it happens, I was in Boston all summer, so I didn't see them this year. Which means, I haven't seen them in about a year and a half.
So I got the bright idea to suggest that my parents and I go visit them at their house in Illinois this Christmas. We used to do that when I was younger. My parents bought the idea. We're going.
Here's the mistake part: my cousins are big on Christmas. I just received an email from my aunt saying how excited she is for the big "musical gathering" we're going to have that night. Last time we were there I sort of protested the celebration by refusing to sing, which resulted in anger, tears, and us not going to visit them the following year. Obviously, this is still in my aunt's mind. Unfortunately, my feelings about Christmas haven't changed. It's one thing to celebrate it and sing about Santa Claus and feel stupid, but it's another to listen to Athiests (which they all are) sing "I love thee Lord Jesus" with no feeling but rather pure enjoyment of the SOUND. I'm afraid that I'm going to revolt again.
What should I do? How should I react?