Posted on 12/12/2005 9:28:10 AM PST by indcons
A "sharing tree" is a really silly name for it.
You wanna talk about silly...Do they still have "Sparkle Season" in Pittsburgh??
I don't think it's inane. It represents a number of holidays. For me, it incorporates Hannukah, Kwanzaa and New Years. Usually, I am in too much of a hurry to say all that, or to ask someone, which they prefer.
A lot of employers really are caught between a rock and a hard place on this. They probably want to use the word Christmas, but are so scared of lawsuits that it's easier to just give up altogether. I heard that Congress might actually be considering passing something that would protect employers from that type of thing.
"I don't think it's inane. It represents a number of holidays. For me, it incorporates Hannukah, Kwanzaa and New Years."
New Years is a traditioal legitimate holiday.
Chanukah is by far the oldest of the festivals, however only a minority of Jews actually celebrate it- no it is not a Christmas lite giftathon- The sad thing is that more Jews sorta celebrate Chanukah than the solemn holiday of Shavuous.
By putting in that made up crap Kwanzaa in the same sentance as the Holidays Christmas and Chanukah you are giving moral equivalence of made up BS to something holy and that insults all religious Jews and Christians.
Let me take this opportunity to wish all FReepers joy and blessings on the rapidly approaching occasion of the Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. (Whichever calendar you celebrate it on, or even if you don't.)
Please let me know if you hear anything more on this.
My employer is reluctant to take a stand on matters like this. This is one reason why it has been so hard to get support for real Christmas.
...on a side note anyone else notice today's Garfield?
Jim Davis has no problem with CHRISTMAS.
Doogle
((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.))
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! Merry Christmas!
OK. I'll still say what I wish to say.
How dare you! You know that by uttering that evil phrase you have, in the words of Mr. William Donahue of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, "capitulated to the worst elements in our culture." I, for one, intend to obey the new free speech restrictions demanded by the persecuted majority, and never again utter the words happy holidays.
Oops.
The Christmas Spirit Lives!!!!
Here's a town in Canada that has the right idea
http://www.cbc.ca/ns/story/ns-oxford-christmas20051130.html
I'm not sure we could get something quite like that going here, but I've heard a little talk about a "Christmas Preservation Act" that would shield employers and municipalities from ACLU lawsuits about Christmas displays, Christmas parties, and so on.
I wish my Jewish friends "Merry Christmas," the wish me Happy Hanukkah.
Too many people have no sense of the "holiday spirit," have no sense of humor and are too friggin' serious.
The Christmas Season is to revere Christ. Hence the term Christmas.
Merry Holiday, Happy Holiday and Ramadam to all our Beheading Muslims here.
Humbug! ;)
I don't like all the commercialism associated with Christmas. I never did. But the point is, we give gifts at this time of year because of the great gift that God gave to us in sending His Son to live, and ultimately die, as one of us. Personally, I think it is in extremely poor taste for merchants to insult the beliefs of the majority of their customers while holding their hands out to take our money.
" Personally, I think it is in extremely poor taste for merchants to insult the beliefs of the majority of their customers while holding their hands out to take our money."
I really don't blame the merchants, as much as I blame people who use their actions as a cover for bashing Christians.
That sums it up nicely.
Yes, it does sum it up very nicely.
This evening was Parent/Teacher conferences at my daughter's school, and she attends public school.....GASP.......outside one classroom there were Angels on the wall, another had Merry Christmas on the door, there were crosses and Nativities and Mennorahs included in posted artwork.........and wonders of wonders NO ONE was upset...even by the huge Christmas Tree inside the main doors of the the building.
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