Bought some boxed Christmas cards today from Walgreen’s and made sure they said Christmas or were religious in nature.
Even if you’re not Christian or all that religious, face it:
Dec 25 is Christmas. It is not “....holiday”. Don’t take the word away. “Oh, it might offend people.” Guess what: people celebrate Christmas even if they’re not Christian. Even atheists do, exchanging gifts, etc. “Oh, just say Happy Holidays”. Naw, I say Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy New Year, there, we’re all covered.
How about if some people were offended by a certain
holiday in January and forced us to take the name out?
That’s right, we’d be pressured to not call it Martin
Luther King Jr Day because some people are offended. How
would that go over? Same thing here. (btw, tick off your
liberal friends and point out that MLK Jr was a member
of the anti-slavery party. He was a registered Republican.)
And if we don’t stick up for the C-word, what happens to these songs?
I’m Dreaming Of A White...Holiday
Rockin’ Around the Holiday Tree
We Need A Little Holiday, Right This Very Minute (from Mame)
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like...Holiday.
Don’t laugh, in many schools they change the name to
“Winter Festival” (even Christian churches use the name
“Holiday Festival” when they hold a certain event though who knows, maybe they include Chanukah too) and
non-controversial songs like Jingle Bells get substituted
for those that mention the C-word.
Oh, and here’s one more and how it would sound if the PC Police get ahold of it. Elvis (or Ernest Tubb) if you please.
I’ll, a- have, uh-a, Blue...Holiday...without you.
WODS, “Boston’s...holiday...station”
Their competition:
“Boston’s Favorite Christmas Songs”