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O Holiday Tree
The Wall Street Journal ^
| Friday, December 19, 2003
Posted on 12/19/2003 7:44:33 AM PST by presidio9
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:50:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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If you like your Christmases straight -- i.e., "Merry Christmas" instead of "Season's Greetings" -- the run up to Dec. 25 can be a trying time. And this year the grinches are again out in full force, trying their best to strip from our public squares any hint of what most Americans will actually be celebrating come Christmas morn.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: antichristmas; creche; crescent; happyholidays; holidaytree; kawanza; menorah; nativity; pc
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posted on
12/19/2003 7:44:33 AM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
And this year the grinches are again out in full force, trying their best to strip from our public squares any hint of what most Americans will actually be celebrating come Christmas morn.FROM MY COLD, DEAD SAPPY HANDS
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posted on
12/19/2003 7:48:05 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: presidio9
Here are my results of a Los Angeles Times Lexis search for the word "Christmas":
1994 - more than 3,000
1995 - 2,817
1996 - 2,651
1997 - 2,744
1998 - 2,838
1999 - 2,646
2000 - 2,657
2001 - 2,162
2002 - 1,854
2003 (up to and including 12/18/03, the day I ran the search) - 1,373
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posted on
12/19/2003 7:53:42 AM PST
by
Auntie Mame
(Why not go out on a limb, isn't that where the fruit is?)
To: Auntie Mame
That's pretty depressing.
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posted on
12/19/2003 7:59:41 AM PST
by
presidio9
(protectionism is a false god)
To: presidio9
INTREP - SECULARIZATION OF AMERICA ALERT
To: presidio9
"In New York City, a judge is expected to rule any day on a public-school policy that forbids Nativity scenes while allowing Jewish menorahs and Islamic stars-and-crescents on the grounds that the last two are secular."
Islam and Judaism are not religions? Their adherents will be surprised to hear that.
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posted on
12/19/2003 8:35:28 AM PST
by
MEGoody
To: presidio9
My company gave up on Christmas parties a few years ago.
Now we celebrate "Winter" at a sparsley-attended February dinner.
I suspect the sparsley-attended part may have been a key-selling point when the plan was first floated. Saves a few bucks.
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posted on
12/19/2003 8:38:08 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Auntie Mame
That LEXIS search was a great idea, and it sure proved telling, didn't it?
I wonder what the Left Angeles Times' style manuals say about "Christmas." Probably only allows the word to be used if it's in a quotation or some such thing.
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posted on
12/19/2003 9:10:49 AM PST
by
pogo101
To: dead
That is depressing.
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posted on
12/19/2003 10:19:02 AM PST
by
Independentamerican
(Independent Freshman at the University of MD)
To: pogo101; Auntie Mame
Sounds like we need to send a Merry Christmas message or two to the LA Times.
To: Fester Chugabrew
Sounds like we need to send a Merry Christmas message or two to the LA Times.You're right! And I already did, back in October. I cancelled my subscription due to biased coverage and signed up for the LA Daily News instead. Ho, Ho, Ho.
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posted on
12/19/2003 10:31:50 AM PST
by
pogo101
To: Puppage
FROM MY COLD, DEAD SAPPY HANDS LOL!
Lumps of coal for all the lawyers, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
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posted on
12/19/2003 10:32:42 AM PST
by
talleyman
(God bless FR & Merry Christmas!)
To: presidio9
When people wish me a Happy Holiday, I smile and brightly say Merry Christmas to you!
I love the reactions, it is sooo fun to be counter-cultural.
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posted on
12/19/2003 4:20:58 PM PST
by
mlmr
(Drivel, tedious, trivial drivel, I tell you...)
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