[SamAdams76]

I found this article to post because this morning, I was driving through a town next to me and I saw the following banner across Main Street:

TREE OF CELEBRATION LIGHTING CEREMONY - NOV 27

Tree of Celebration?

I am so sick of this crap of "not wanting to offend anybody."

Since when has a Christmas tree offended anybody? The only complainers are the small group of self-important busybodies that can be found in any town. In earlier eras, we'd laugh at them and call them cranks and old farts. Nowadays, we bow and scrape to them. And what is the result? The "I'm so offended" bar just keeps getting raised. One year it's the nativity scenes that have to go. The next year it's Christmas songs in school that have to go. Now it's Christmas trees. By next year, we are going to have to ban Santa Claus and his reindeer too.

Personally, I'm offended. And so should the other 95% of the people who always looked forward to this time of year? When are we going to stand up for ourselves and stop letting the tail wag the dog?

[EggsAckley]

"Oh multicultural tree
Oh multicultural tree........"

Hmmm....not very lyrical.

[KateatRFM]

Toronto tried the same idiotic dodge last year, with the same ignominious retreat (and the same unveiling by a Jewish mayor, oddly enough). Even the Muslims, on whose behalf the righteous Lefties professed to be acting, said the whole idea of a "holiday tree" was ridiculous.

There will be more of this rubbish now that the Christians are being heard again, and we need to stand up against it every time it appears.

[Ginifer]

First of all...Merry Christmas to you.

I'm celebrating Christmas with my Christmas Mass, Christmas tree, Christmas present, Christmas dinner, Christmas outfit, and my Christmas spirit. I don't care what anyone else calls it, but to me it is and always will be Christmas.

By the way, let me sing you a little song you'll enjoy:

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree!
How are thy leaves so verdant!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How are thy leaves so verdant!

Not only in the summertime,
But even in winter is thy prime.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How are thy leaves so verdant!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

For every year the Christmas tree,
Brings to us all both joy and glee.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!

Each bough doth hold its tiny light,
That makes each toy to sparkle bright.

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!

Merry Christmas!

[tet68]

By next year, we are going to have to ban Santa Claus and his reindeer too.

And not a moment too soon, I might add.
Just look at his dossier, keeps and abuses reindeer,
forces height challenged persons to labor all year
with out a union steward in sight,locked up in the
frozen wastelands of the far north, oppresses poor Mrs.
Claus by continually eating cookies and hot chocolate
around the world while she stays at home worried sick
about his hypertension, engages in domestic intelligence
gathering, induces parents to snitch on THEIR OWN children
and VIS VERSA, discriminates between "good" and "bad" children, is perhaps receiving kickbacks from roofing
contractors and chimnly sweeps, possibly in cahoots with
the dental lobby, reinforces patriarchal oppressive indoctrination of underage females by providing stereotypical archetypes such as "dollies, strollers,
and shake and bake ovens",
fosters warlike behavior in young male children
by giving them "BB guns" and all manner of
virtual "PLAY" war toys.
Coerces female caregivers into mindless sex,by providing
their spouses with will destroying baubles and trinkets
which given in their name, sap the females will to resist.
AND puts it all on the males Charge card.

When the truth is laid out, it's not a pretty bowl of jelly.


HO, HO, HO.

/sarcasm

[Viking2002]

The lot of them can kiss my monocultural butt. If they don't like it, they can stay in whatever vile cesspool it is that they ruined for themselves and worship whatever pile of mud and sticks it is that they erected as a deity. I fervently hope that PC humanist scum dares to rear their empty heads in my town square.

[Clemenza]

Deck the halls with gasoline, falalalalalala

Light a match and watch it glean, falalalalalalalala

See the school go up in ashes falalalalallalala

Set the Christmas Tree on fire, falalalalalalalalah...

[SiVisPacemParaBellum]

Pretty soon we can celebrate "Mas". That's it, just "mas", the holiday the ACLU will finally be happy with.

I'll be buying a "Mas" tree next week and decorating the house. Oh what fun....

[stylin19a]

It's being called a holiday tree because it's going to span not only the Christmas period but also will go into the New Year ...

Isn't the Epiphany (Jan 6) part of Christmas ?

[Onelifetogive]

a Christmas tree is a Christian symbol

Anybody have a scripture reference for this???

[RippleFire]

bump

[Xenalyte]

TREE OF CELEBRATION LIGHTING CEREMONY

I know all those words, but the phrase doesn't make sense.

[gimme1ibertee]

Agreed.Screw the "offended".I say "Merry Christmas" to everyone I meet-multiculturalism be damned. It's how I grew up,and my way of celebrating.Don't like it? Tough. Don't listen.

[Gabz]

I'm so glad that where I live it is still called Christmas. Half the towns here have Christmas parades and christmas trees.

There are Creches and Menorahh's on public property and private property. And horror of horrors.....children are taught about Christmas and Hannakuh in public schools.

Oh, and they had a Thanksgiving Feast in school yesterday.