I'd think that you Christians would be mad at the retail chains who use Christmas to sell geegaws and junk.
Instead you're mad at these stores for NOT commercializing your religious holiday.
Color me confusified.
I can see your point. And many Christians do not like the commercialization of the Christmas holiday. However, the issue isn't the commercialization...its the effort to not even recognize that the holiday is of Christian origin (All right already, the Christians coverted some pagen rituals or something. We all know that tired old post is coming soon.). Anyway, it is more of an effort to rid the original meaning of the holiday (Holy Day) that is offensive. When companies start canceling the Dec. 25th vacation day then I will believe they are serious.
It's simple, really.
These same merchants that find Christmas, the word, offensive, still want Christians to buy their Christmas presents from them.
Christians who find liberals efforts to eradicate all signs of Christ from public discourse bewildering or threatening simply don't want to risk offending those same merchants by spending their offensive Christmas dollars in their stores.
Signed,
The Clarifier :-)
It's quite simple: If a store is advertising to receive my money for a "holiday," but cannot acknowledge the "reason" for the "holiday," then they've given me no "reason" to acknowledge them with my money.
As a Christian I don't spend a ridiculous amount of money for Christmas. I do buy a few gifts for our children and a small gift for our parents. Giving gifts to people is one way of showing them love. The "PC" of using Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas is what chaps my hide. They are profiting off of Christmas and yet they refuse to acknowledge we celebrate Christmas in remembrance of Christ's birth. It is just unbelievable.
On January 16, it is the Martin Luther King day, not the Civil Rights day or the mid-January holiday.
On February 20th, it is the President's Day, not the mid-February holiday.
On Feb 2, it is Groundhog Day, not varmit day.
On Feb 14, iit is Valentines Day, not hearts day.
On Mar 17, it is St. Patricks day, not Irish day.
On Apr 16, it is Easter, not egg day or bunny day.
You see where I am going. We call the holiday - whether we get it off or not - by the proper name. The Winter Festival - what are we celebrating? Happy Holiday - what holiday? What is it called? You call it by its name. Start calling MLK day by something else and see how many times you get slammed.
Not surprising. It does approach rocket science...
The debate is about some businesses prohibiting the mention of the word "Christmas" as opposed to requiring it, or simply being neutral about it.
I know, I know. Too complicated.