Many people like to have their Christmas cards sent from a town whose name has something to do with Christmas. Post offices in the towns of Snow, Oklahoma, Antler, North Dakota, Chestnut, Illinois and North Pole, Alaska get extra business in December each year, as people come from all over to get a special postmark.

There are two popular destinations in Indiana for people who want their cards to have a distinct Christmas theme: Bethlehem and Santa Claus. The post offices in these small towns receive a lot of additional mail this time of year.

Perhaps this is symbolic of the two different directions one can take this time of year. There is nothing inherently wrong with Santa (Yes, I know about the anagram thing). However, it is possible to focus so much on gifts and material things that we lose sight of what happened at Bethlehem.

If someone marked your Christmas this year, would it look more like Santa Claus, or Bethlehem?