John Robson: It’s Christmas We’re Celebrating, Not ‘Holidays,’ ‘Season,’ or ‘Winter Lights’

John Robson: It’s Christmas We’re Celebrating, Not ‘Holidays,’ ‘Season,’ or ‘Winter Lights’
The Peace Tower and Centre Block of Parliament Hill are lit with projections for Winter Lights Across Canada, in Ottawa on Dec. 7, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Apparently we’re now celebrating “Season.” At any rate a retailer just sent me “Season’s Greetings,” as vague about which or why as a newspaper’s antiseptic “Happy Holidays.” I think there’s some sort of clue, about the season at least, in proclamations of “Winter Lights Across Canada,” though according to my telephone this week is actually the darkest of the year. So what light exactly is shining?

John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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