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Putting the Christ back in Christmas

Tonight I joined the Dresden Debating Union. They have debates once per month in English (the rest of the weeks they do them in German). It is done in British Parliamentary Style. The night's topic was, "This house believes Christmas presents are bad for society." I was Government Whip. *crack*

Because I'm a stickler for winning arguments, and because most of the people around here are Christian, I was agreeing with Government that Christmas presents detract from the celebration of Jesus. Our main arguments seemed to be economic...I was driving my teammate (Ferri, the one and same Austrian that I climb with) to talk about economic policy. I mean, hey, he's an economist, and my former roommate once dubbed me, "Honorary Jew," for being so cheap at Christmastime.

So yeah, I'm washing my mouth out with soap now over the Jesus thing...I'll burn all my clothes and claw my eyes out later. But I do anything for a win in a debate.

I think I will go back though. It is good to increase my public speaking skills. Maybe I will be president when I grow up.