Posted on 12/12/2005 9:28:10 AM PST by indcons
Right! And it's been going on for some time. I think they thought they had gotten away with it.... until now.
Anyone calling a Christmas tree a "sharing tree" not only sounds like an idiot but in my opinion is an idiot.
America is over 85% Christian, and many of those who are not Christian want to see the majority religion suppressed. Apparently, they are very concerned about making Christians "feel like outsiders" in their own (Christian) nation.
Saw a Target ad on TV last night. It showed on screen and in plain english "Merry Christmas" at the end of the ad.
Amazing leap in logic.....
Kwaanza is made up BS that was made up by a black panther thug who should be in San Quentin sitting beside Tookie instead of being an affirmative action baby teaching at UCLA. Therefore IMO, teaching kids to celebrate it is as evil as having kids read tookie's so-called "childrens'" books and thus learn to sympathize with a mass murderer.
Either that or the squeaky wheel gets greased, I always get those mixed up. :)
Herod failed to eliminate Christ, and so will they. This war was already won 2000 years ago when someone who was more than a man walked out of His tomb.
Here in Wisconsin, home of the Freedom FROM Religion Foundation, our "Holiday Tree" has a plaque in front of it designed by them. It's on the second level of the Capitol Rotunda and says "There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds." This isn't about "inclusion", this is an assault on religion PERIOD. And our state government sanctions it.
Where's Dyna-Girl? I remember you being a dynamic duo.
You should take pictures of that plaque and send them to Bill O'Riely and any one else who's fighting against the CHRISTmas haters. Because the CHIRSTmas haters are trying to claim there "is" no attack on Christmas or anything Christian.
Actually it's "Peace on earth towards men of goodwill."
No it's not, particularly not if you live in a 50% Jewish area, like I grew up in (and I was Lutheran). Should I forcefully wish a "Merry Christmas" to people like my friends the Goldbergs who I know for a fact only celebrate Hanukkah?
Happy Holidays is a way of wishing good cheer to people when you don't know what they celebrate. It includes Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and whatever else people may celebrate this time of year.
When someone wishes me "Happy Holidays", I interpret it as "Merry Christmas" since that's what I practice. And when I greet my Christian friends, I wish them Merry Christmas. And when I see my Jewish friends, I wish them Happy Hannukkah. And when I see people whose religious views I'm unfamiliar with I wish them Happy Holidays.
I completely don't understand why people have their panties in such a knot about this. Don't we have far more important things to quibble about than an annual greeting, the form of which is ticking off the politically correct on BOTH sides of the issue?
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I also don't understand much of this.
I'll stipulate that a Christmas Tree should always be called a Christmas Tree- because that is what it is- and to call it anything else including Holiday Tree is just plain stupid.
But to get excited because on Dec 5th, Dec 12th, weeks before Christmas, when you went into a grocery store for coffee and toilet paper, or to an electronic store for that DVD player, the clerk wished you a Happy Holiday is just plain insane.
When I first started hearing people use Happy Holidays well before Christmas I assumed it was to include both Christmas and New Years, I never thought it was anything anti Christmas.
A "sharing tree" is a really silly name for it. I just can't understand why people can't leave it alone. Do any other religions have a tradition of sticking an evergreen tree in their houses and putting decorations on it? No? Then it's a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree. Next thing you know, we'll be told to change the name of Easter Eggs.
Some people won't feel content until you DO with the Goldbergs a "Merry Christmas" and demand they wish it to you back, otherwise we're living through a new national Inquisition intended to rid our country of all Christian faith.
Or something.
The only thing that makes this tiresome "war" tolerable is that we know it ends in two weeks and people can go back to obsessing over their neighbors' lawns.
I agree with you. I wrote Farah at WND a strong e-mail saying that I really disagreed with his tirade over the Presidential Christmas card. It was way over the top.
"we should insist equal time for Festivus!"
On this issue, it seems that a lot of people are already celebrating Festivus--- especially the Airing of the Grievances!
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