Don't let the anti-Christmas crowd kick Christ out of Christmas this year

AFA ^ | 06.01.06

[SamAdams76]

Actually I have most of my 2006 Christmas shopping already done. I like to be all done preparing for Christmas by November 1st as that is when I actually start celebrating Christmas. It has traditionally started Halloween night for as soon as the trick-or-treaters are done, I pull out all the Christmas music (over 400 CDs worth) and the Christmas decorations out of the attic. Starting November 1st, I start putting up lights and I'm not done until the week of Thanksgiving.

Then from Thanksgiving to Super Bowl Weekend (when the decorations officially come down), my house is 100% decked out for Christmas and I am usually sitting by my fireplace with eggnog or some other festive drink listening to Christmas music.

[the invisib1e hand]

"...the witch of the North, who put a spell on the land so that it was always winter. Always winter and never Christmas..." -- C.S. Lewis.

Screw the miserable atheists.

[Gorobei]

Sheehs, let us at least enjoy the 4th of July before worrying about Christmas.

[jexus]

December 25th is a very important day.

It is the proven birthday of Isaac Newton.
Who gave us the universe as the inverse square law multiplied by the gravitational constant and reveled it as conic sections.

A day to remember,

[ladyjane]

Thank you for the reminder.

Last year the local TJMaxx stores had lots of Happy Hanaukkah and Happy Holidays signs. Not one Merry Christmas sign. I'll have to email them.

[jla]

It is the proven birthday of Isaac Newton.
Who gave us the universe as the inverse square law multiplied by the gravitational constant and reveled it as conic sections.

Well then we'll have to remember to shout out a 'Happy Birthday' to Mr. Newton.
Good thing God created the universe, or else we'd have never heard of Mr. N.

[SteveMcKing]

At the same time, I want it to be sincere when people celebrate.

Last year I knew folks who were putting up "Merry Christmas" signs in awkward locations, basically just for spite. They would not have been doing this but for the sake of annoying everyone, Christians and non-Christians alike.

But then this is a weird state I live in, and these people behave weirdly all year 'round...

[edweena]

You know what would really put Christ back into Christmas? If we stopped celebrating Christmas by shopping. Just say no to making the Christmas season an occasion for greed. Give to charities instead of buying presents for people who already have a lot of stuff. Why on earth does a religious holiday depend on merchants reinforcing a religious message?

[Calpernia]

[processing please hold]

May I be the first to wish you Merry Christmas!

[Darkwolf377]

The "war on Christmas" was so overplayed that those whining already about THIS Christmas are just silly.

The folks against Christ, Christians and Christmas bitched about all three last Christmas, and what did they achieve besides the usual? Nada. FOX personalities helped create this phony crisis just like certain media personalities are creating other crises which don't exist.

Who gives a damn what the anti-Christmas crowd says or does? It hasn't affected one single person's enjoyment or celebration.

This year for Christmas I hope come people get a grip.

[goodnesswins]

I think the point is.....there was NO CHRISTMAS in many places.....only Happy Holidays, Happy Hannukah....etc....the frogs water has boiled...

[NaughtiusMaximus]

And a Merry Christmas to you pbrown.

And may you enjoy many, many more.

[processing please hold]

Merry Christmas to you and yours as well, NM, and a Happy New Year. May you also enjoy many many more:-)

[Darkwolf377]

.there was NO CHRISTMAS in many places

Where was this, a Wal-Mart? (I'd think people would be grateful their religious holy day wasn't being commercialized.) Seems to me Christmas came right on schedule last year.

BTW, if a place I shopped at did something like that I'd just tell them "Too bad you don't have Christmas here, I'll have to go someplace else for my shopping."

[Tax-chick]

O, ne Zot! JUNE, people. It's JUNE!

[goodnesswins]

LOL.....actually I don't shop much for Christmas anymore in stores......so in some ways being "grateful" that it's gone from stores could be a blessing, except they try to pretend and skew it so much.....I am more into celebrating DEC 25th....not Oct 31 through Jan 20th.....

[Darkwolf377]

I am more into celebrating DEC 25th....not Oct 31 through Jan 20th.....

LOL!

The incessant blasting of "GET THIS GIFT!!!!!" for months leading up to the actual holy day itself is really grating. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we soon see the opposite--people asking stores to tone DOWN their pushing of Christmas hype.