Angels are not Sissies

I usually try not to rant and rave, complain, or stomp my feet over little things. I try to be reasonable, forgiving, understanding, and tolerant of my faults and those of others. My reasoning is not always one of virtue and strength but rather one with a hint of despair: "what else can I do?" Whether it be the holding of hands at the Our Father, or low cut blouses of those distributing the Eucharist, or the dog shedding hair all over the carpet I just vacuumed - the path of least resistance is often some benign thought like, "God forgive them, they know not what they do."

Once in a while, though, enough is enough: If I see one more sissy-looking angle for Christmas I'm seriously going to tear them off the shelf and jump up and down on them like a four-year-old. What are people thinking? It's bad enough that Christ was left out of Christmas all together lthe past few years and is now returning in the form of vinyl blow-up-nativities for the yard and blue glitter covered plastic statues (yes, I saw this at Borders of all places)... but now there are rows after rows of sparkly, boa-wearing, sissy-angels that's put me over the edge. So here's my desperate call for help: PLEASE, PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU - NO MORE SISSY-ANGLES! Throw them in the trash, boycott Walmart, put them in the fire to burn - do anything! But don't put them on your Christmas tree or buy them for your sons or nephews!

For those inflicted with this angle madness, here is a helpful guide:

WRONG - WRONG - WRONG- and So WRONG



RIGHT, GOOD, and BEAUTIFUL (but near-impossible to find)

(cherubs are cute but they are not sissies)

1) Wrong, in so many ways................2) Oh Yeah! That's what we're talking about: