Posted on 11/13/2004 9:11:01 AM PST by Ginifer
BOSSES at the Eden Project tourist attraction have banned the word Christmas.
They do not want any mention of what they call the C-Word because they are worried it will offend followers of other faiths.
Management have renamed Christmas Time of Gifts claiming this will appeal to everyone at the domed eco project in Cornwall which gets millions of pounds in funding each year from taxpayers.
A gift shop at the site has been re-named the Great Gift Grotto.
Staff have been told to stop visitors saying Christmas.
Christian organisations have hit out at the bizarre ban claiming it is political correctness gone mad.
The Eden website mentions festivals in China, Iran and even Ancient Rome but there is nothing about Christians and the United Kingdom.
The site reads: This is a time of year when people around the globe traditionally exchange gifts. Time of Gifts will celebrate these global festivals. Divali (Hindu and Sikh), Hanukkah (Jewish), Dong Zhi (China), Yalda (Iran), Saturnalia (Ancient Rome).
A furious Eden insider said: Its ridiculous. And its also heavily ironic, as the project takes its name from the Bible.
My gut heaves when I have to tell people weve banned the word Christmas but we all are having to do it.
Eden Project spokesman Ben Harding said: We are having a seasonal celebration so there is no need to mention the C-Word because its a celebration for everybody.
But Peter Kearney, spokesman for the Catholic Church, said the ban was a slap in face to Christians across the Britain.
He said: They claim they do not want to offend religious groups but in fact they offend the majority of people in this country who do want to celebrate Christmas.
These people are bending over backwards to cater for the PC brigade so much so that they are turning themselves inside out.
Steve Jenkins, spokesman for the Church of England, added: People behind the Eden Project should remind themselves it is a time for giving. That includes giving respect.
The ban is part of a more widespread move to re-brand Christmas.
Last week Stoke City Council came under fire for calling their Christmas celebrations WinterFest.
Birmingham City Council caused fury in 1998 when they renamed it Winterval.
what about offending followers of the christian faith? why does one faith trump another?
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LOL. The actual "C" word is probably ok with them.
Just not their warped version of a new nasty 'c' word, CHRISTMAS. I wouldn't be at all surprised... (Sadly shaking head and wondering if it's okay to mention Wiccan 'holidays' and others by name...)
C-word ? Clinton ?
...right!!??
What a bunch of spineless wankers!
Oh, I missed this. It doesn indeed answer my question about what 'holidays' were not verboten. Naturally Saturnalia makes the list.
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The Eden Project
Home page: http://www.edenproject.com/
Contact page: http://www.edenproject.com/245_3737.htm
I went to the contact page and pasted my comment #39 above into the text box and sent it to them.
Perhaps other FRepers would care to do the same?
just as a counter to the appearance of this story as yet another lib anti-religion victory....id like to share with each of you that my employer has a calendar that identifies december 25th as:
"Christmas, Jesus Christ's Birthday"
:)
About 10 years back, I was working in midtown. After our office "holiday" party, we got to leave a little bit early. Well, for us folks in the cubes, the quickest route out was to walk past the row of offices of the project leaders, managers and higher ups. Everyone wished everyone else "Merry Christmas" on the way out, but when they passed my supervisor, they were "sensitive" enough to wish her "Happy Holidays" (to which she graciously replied 'Thank You').
Except for me. When I walked past her, I said, "Have a good weekend." (Why not? It was a four-day weekend.) She smiled and wished the same IIRC. By the elevator, I actually had someone question me about that. They knew my boss and I didn't get along, but they thought I should have wished her a happy holiday. I told that that I had.
"No, you didn't. I was right there."
"No, no, no. You don't understand. I wished her a Happy Channukah.
"Three weeks ago.
"During Channukah."
Very sensitive to wish someone a Happy Holiday two weeks after it ends, don't you think?
TS
Happy Veteran's Day to you all!
Happy Easter, too!
They left out Kwanzaa. The nerve of these insensitive dolts!
The only way this PC BS is going to stop at Christmas time is for ALL Christians to refuse to give gifts
Let's see how that economical bit of news would play with these idiots
That is good. The company I work for also celebrates Christmas as Christmas. They even state in their employee handbook that it is a Christian holiday and will not be discounted because the company sees that to do would be discriminatory. They do celebrate other religions holidays as well.
Just say 'I hope you have a happy Jesus's birthday'.
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Contact page: http://www.edenproject.com/245_3737.htm
I went to the contact page and pasted my comment #39 above into the text box and sent it to them.
Perhaps other FRepers would care to do the same?
Another suggestion: Perhaps we should all send the management Christmas Cards this year.
Yes. It was renamed "The Time of Human Sacrifice and Self-Flagellation-val".
I would really, REALLY like to go there then watch them try to stop me from saying "Christmas". It would be worth the price of a plane ticket.
I have absolutely no sympathy for people who are such extreme bigots that they are offended if they even hear the word Christmas mentioned. Hey, where is the diversity here?
In any case, this the great majority of people in this country are Christians they should get over it or move to another country -- Somalia, Iran, China, etc.
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