Originally Posted by JumpinJesus

In fairness, that last remark of mine about Mr. LaRoe being an idiot was a flippant comment, even though it is based on my assumption that this was a calculated move on his part. However, I refuse to defend the intelligence of anyone giving fruitcake as a gift, even if it's me.

And I have to back off my diatribe a bit. I visited Toys for Tots website and learned that it is a Christmas-specific charity. I had operated under the mistaken assumption that it was all-inclusive of the winter holidays. I can concede the point that there's nothing wrong with giving a Christian gift on a Christian holiday. I still hold, however, that not everyone who celebrates Christmas does so for Christian reasons and this needs to be a consideration when gift-giving.



I know this woman who makes some kick-ass dolls. I'll see what I can do.



Personally, I could care less if my kid got a talking Jesus doll. I'm not a Christian, but I'm also not going to deny it to my child if she chooses to be a Christian. I actually have a little toy Jesus sitting atop one of my bookshelves, courtesy of another TFPer. And believe it or not. I'm not as bent out of shape over this as it may appear. It just seemed like a decent discussion to get into, and I've actually enjoyed it so far.

However, I still still still think it was a calculated move. I'll readily admit that I could be wrong about this whole episode, but admitting one is wrong is never any fun so I tend to avoid it as much as possible.