Posted on 12/19/2004 10:03:42 AM PST by paltz
I am a lapsed Jew, and definitely NOT a Christian, but I am completely offended by the war against Christmas, and have made it a point to wish everybody I see an unapologetic "Merry Christmas" this year.
After all, December 25 is Christmas day whether one celebrates it or not. So if I can't wish a non-Christian "Merry Christmas" -- shall I hope they have a rotten Christmas day instead?
Anyone who is offended by Christmas needs deep and long therapy.
Great article. I just wish the author's Jewish compatriots would listen.
The vast majority of American Jews are still so shackled to the liberal plantation that they cannot see the truth.
A wonderful article which hits the nail square on. The fight that is going on today is a miniature civil war between secularists and traditionalists no matter what their religious leanings. The secularists, in the disguise of the ACLU, are determined to take away our liberties and our unique American culture. They must be stopped forthwith.
It's the birth of a Jew we celebrate, so, why not? :)
Our entire religion came from the Jews, our prophesy's came from the Jews, and Jesus was born the KING OF THE JEWS, so, Why Not?
I have absolutely no problem telling my Jewish Friends Happy Hannukah...sometimes I just forget!
...and have made it a point to wish everybody I see an unapologetic "Merry Christmas" this year.
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I have done the same thing, and even though I shouldn't be, I was surprised at the fact that everyone either ignored me, mumbled something under their breath, or gave me the evil eye. Literally no one has said "Merry Christmas" in return. How depressing.
I don't celebrate it myself but it is enjoyable to see others do so. Lots of the kids at my son's multi-ethnic school had never known how Chanukah was celebrated, and when my son and I gave a little talk complete with goodies, they all had a good time. No one is converted or offended.
I think true tolerance means being curious, understanding, and pleased at the freedom the OTHER religions have to celebrate their way. Tolerance does NOT include getting offended or hostile.
I am trapped here in blue state (Massachusetts) Hell, but I have had a different experience. I have found several people (store clerks, and even a clerk at the Registry of Motor Vehicles) who wished me the obligatory and flat "happy holiday."
When I responded with a warm "Merry Christmas," they lit up and said "Merry Christmas" back.
Okay, somebody needs to post that poem "When they came for the Jews, I said nothing, for I'm not a Jew. When they came for the Christians there was no one left to speak up for me." Anybody have that?
That must have been a pleasant surprise! :)
So, Merry Christmas!
I think true tolerance means being curious, understanding, and pleased at the freedom the OTHER religions have to celebrate their way. Tolerance does NOT include getting offended or hostile.
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I couldn't have put it better myself. And, since I believe the two coincide this year...Happy Chanukah!
Strange gift ;)
Aww, shucks! LOL
I'm not good with HTML myself, so I hope you'll be content with this:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
The point of the piece was how much I loved the music and the trees and the ornaments and the shepherds and the wise men and the candy canes and how that annual long-awaited Yule immersion neither “humiliated” me nor “isolated” me nor deflected me one spiritual inch from my own beautiful Jewish religion.
This is how I recall Jwewish kids dealing with Christmas public schools as well, from the Christian side of it.
Thanks very much. Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah to you too.
Quite content, thank you. That was lovely.
I don't know html either. I use the codes on this page. http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Wootsey/freepertips.htm . I've been using computers since before they had hard drives, and could never figure out html. This site is fool-proof.
Cool. Thanks for the link. I learned how to do meta-data in my old job, but I have fallen out of practice, and it never seems to work for me. Plus, I'm keeping an eye on my little ones at the same time, so that's probably a good part of my problem, too. LOL
"First, they [Nazis] came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me." (Martin Niemoller, given credit for a quotation in The Harper Religious and Inspirational Quotation Companion, ed. Margaret Pepper (New York: Harper &Row, 1989), 429 -as cited on page 44, note 17, of Religious Cleansing in the American Republic, by Keith A. Fornier, Copyright 1993, by Liberty, Life, and Family Publications.
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