Posted on 12/07/2005 7:18:46 AM PST by indcons
Since Hanukah falls on the same day as Christmas this year (for the
first time since 1959), Happy Holidays is especially appropriate right now.
Let's cut'm some slack he's got bigger fish to fry. And also how is FR get co-opted into becoming an extension of the MSM disinformation apparatus. Like a demon from Buffy. America's enemies can taste and thrive on any break in our ranks.
I received the Whitehouse Christmas card yesterday and it has a wonderful biblical verse ont he inside.
And had he sent out "Christmas cards" we would be hearing the screeching of the mortally offended lib loons, each claiming their separation clause had been violated.
My card led off with a Bible Verse from Psalm 28
The psalm is an Old Testament admonition that the Lord is my strength and my shield.
The card depicting the two Scotties and an escaping cat on the snowy White House lawn was acceptable to me.
I believe there *is* a Bible verse in the White House Christmas card.
The holiday season, after all, extends from Thanksgiving to New Years, and there are a lot of holidays during that period of time. There are non-Christian holidays, there are made-up holidays, and there is one day during this period that is very special to Christians, as well.
Having said that, there should be no official or quasi-official policy showing disrespect to the beliefs of any religion, and that is going on a lot lately, and it only seems to be happening to Christian symbols. We are right to object loudly to that.
But don't think every "happy holidays" is an intentional slight against Christmas or you'll drive yourself crazy.
I don't know the religion of every person I work with, because its' a big company. If they're Christians and I know it, they get a "Merry Christmas" from me. Otherwise, a more generic greeting is OK too. (see my tag line for further clarification, if necessary)
After all, it's eating into news coverage of Natalee Holloway........
I received this year's card the other day and the next day my husband got one.
If these guys don't like the term "Christmas" then why do they celebrate at all? It's hypocrisy.
Beg pardon. "Season's Greetings." I suppose that would offend the perpetually annoyed, too.
I am not a Christian.....however, I have no problems either sending or receiving Christmas cards. In fact, I'll be sending a bunch to friends early next week.
I am not PC and don't care for a secular and neutral holiday season. That said, I think Fox News' "War on Christmas" is a phony issue that was designed to sell O'Reilly's air time and John Gibson's books from the very start.
When someone is wishing me well I don't see the need to get all huffy about exactly how they say it.
Couldn't one of the stores that O'Reilly, Gibson and Fox have called on for boycotting use the the same defense? What's the difference, they're being boycotted for using the same "generic greeting" the president used. The hypocrisy is astonishingly expected. Can't wait to see the spinning on this.
Lovely.
Then he needs a better list. This is looked at as a personal "holiday" card, and Bush personally celebrates Christmas-- so his personal card should be a Christmas card. It would be different if it were a impersonal card. They are marked in Crawford and everything.
LOL!
Thanks, that's what I get for not reading the article.
But don't think every "happy holidays" is an intentional slight against Christmas or you'll drive yourself crazy.
True enough.
It's apparently not just leftists who seem to look for ways to be offended.
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