Posted on 12/22/2007 5:47:51 AM PST by rhema
How long, how much farther, will we let an angry, disaffected, alienated, faithless few push us from our God-given liberty to express our joy and faith whenever and wherever we choose?
Has it not become insufferable, inexcusable, for any of us to feel cowed and almost forbidden by some notion of "political correctness" to even exclaim "Merry Christmas!" to shop clerks, airline stewardesses, delivery men, even passersby on the streets and in the stores? How long will we let this go on?
The latest brouhaha, claiming "lead-item" status on the news and talk shows, is a simple, warm and earnest Christmas greeting from presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. In 30 seconds, he guesses that folks want to enjoy the season without ever-present and clamorous campaign messages, so he offers a plain, old-fashioned "Merry Christmas" greeting. He notes that the day is meant to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus, a time for family and friends to come together and enjoy hearth and home, and a time of peace and love. And he wishes us all those very things.
Cunning? Calculated? An unprincipled, callous manipulation of Christmas to further his political aims? What about those bookshelves behind his head that suggested a cross? Wasn't that an obvious premeditated ploy to remind the voters that Huckabee is the Christian candidate? The political analysts and the talk show hosts on the news networks had a field day, variously and sometimes angrily accusing Huckabee and his "handlers" of those very things. The idea that a man, even a Baptist minister, might actually and sincerely want to wish everybody a "Merry Christmas" with no other motive at all, was simply unthinkable. Who would spend campaign bucks, of which Huckabee has relatively few anyway, to do something as meaningless and altruistic as that?
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People were partying and feasting and singing and celebrating long before Jesus. I don’t get the problem. I celebrate Christmas and nobody has a problem with it. I don’t care what they do outside the town hall. I do what I want in my yard and say what I want to the people I care to greet. Seems to me that most of the stuff about the “war” on Christmas is overblown and silly. There is a war on but it’s not on Christmas as a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus and have a good time doing it.
Merry Christmas, Free Republic.
Disclaimer: I’m not a Christian. But I appreciate Christianity.
Anyhow, I make it a point to say “Merry Christmas”. The CEO of the company (I’m its CTO) and I make it a point to call it a “Christmas Party, not a Holiday Party”.
We’re a fairly small company (20 people).
This year we’ve grown a fair amount, so it’s always fun to see the reaction when I wished people yesterday to “have a Merry Christmas”.
At first, they stutter a little bit and then return it, almost like it’s taboo.
We even have a very conservative Christian fellow who works for us. I think even he was taken aback. But I got the most enthusiastic “Merry Christmas” from him :)
The aclu is not athiest but antithiest so wishing them a Merry CHRISTmas is a mote in their eye. Wishing all a very Merry Christmas!
I was thrilled with my Kindergartener’s school program this week, since the ‘C’ word is still being used. I made sure to take a picture of the banner above the risers:
“T’was the night before Christmas....”
I know alot of people that wouldn’t beleive we still have Chirstmas in our schools otherwise.
And a tear came to my eye as the children sang -
“Jesus, Lord at thy birth....”
True, evil triumphs when good people do nothing.
My business takes me to many locations during a workday. I simply do not allow people to be PC in my presence.
It’s Merry Christmas or, by God, they’re gonna hear about it. It might make little difference when I’m gone but, they’ll damn sure remember me next year.
I encourage all to do the same. You have to fight for what’s right!
The pushing will continue as long as the ACLU lawyers ride roughshod and unopposed over tradition and right. The Alliance Defense Fund is the only way I know of to fight the corrupt group of blackrobes that allow a tiny group of evildoers to dictate and force their agenda on the masses. Option 2 involves means not acceptable to a meek and subserviant society.
Merry Christmas to all.
And to you also!
Merry Christmas.
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Fred Thompson’s Christmas Message- A Salute to Our Troops
http://fredfile.fred08.com/blog/2007/video-special-holiday-message/
God blessed Texas. I’m trying to make sure we thank him. BTW: I'm not ugly with these folks. They're my costumers.
I thought the Devil just went down to Georgia-
But then , we have ‘em up here in Idaho too-
Merry Christmas Texas!
Keep the faith- Christmas pretty much sums it up- We have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to be faithful for....
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