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Silent Night Banned

Posted on 12/23/2008 6:47:13 AM PST by BulletBobCo

My 12 year old daughter has been part of a small choir that her piano teacher has put together. They have been singing Christmas carols at different venues this last week. Yesterday, after work, I picked her up and drove her to a Macy's for her to perform. As I was watching her little group do their numbers, the piano teacher's father informed me that Macy's had asked his daughter not to perform "Silent Night". I asked him if he was kidding and he said no. He told me that last Saturday, they sang "Silent Night" at a Starbucks, and people actually got up and left. What is so wrong with singing "Silent Night"?


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KEYWORDS: christmas; christmasmusic; moralabsolutes; waronchristmas
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To: BulletBobCo
What moron would go to Starbucks and pay $5.00 for a cup of 50 cent cup coffee anyway?
I for one will not spend a dime in anyplace that has declared war on American cultural traditions.
To h*ll with these rotten Christmas haters, boycott their places of business is I plan to do! We real Americans still have the power to spend where we like.
41 posted on 12/23/2008 7:17:58 AM PST by Reflex ((same socialist crapola different day))
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To: BulletBobCo
We don't shop at Macy's or Starbucks. They are too far to the LEFT. They are as secular and anti-God as you can get.

Look closely at the lyrics and you'll see why they find Silent Night offensive.

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah
Christ, the Savior is born
Christ, the Savior is born

Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

42 posted on 12/23/2008 7:18:07 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: icwhatudo
Macys is one of the worst of the War on Christmas types. Stores like Target, Home Depot, and especially Lowes have all responded to complaints they have removed Christmas (How many times can Lowes say Christmas in one TV ad-WOW!!! lol)

Sadly they have gone the way of Dizzney. They used to be one of the best, the Tanksgiving day parade capped off by the Jolly old elf. Miracle on 34th street, etc...

43 posted on 12/23/2008 7:19:13 AM PST by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
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To: sten

Your logic is sound.

It requires however an enraged and mobilized Christian population.

Coming soon (I hope) to a town near you.

I think we are reaching the tipping point on this and other issues dictated by loud mouthed minorities, whose views are HUGELY over-represented in American society.


44 posted on 12/23/2008 7:20:33 AM PST by EyeGuy
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To: BulletBobCo

Obama will ban Christmas w/in 4 yrs.

Pray for W, America and Our Troops


45 posted on 12/23/2008 7:28:18 AM PST by bray (Gov Palin isn't corrupt enough for DC)
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To: BulletBobCo
Macy's had asked his daughter not to perform "Silent Night".. What is so wrong with singing "Silent Night"?
What's so wrong... easy:
  1. "Holy" night.
  2. "Virgin" Mother
  3. "Holy Infant"
  4. "heavenly" peace
  5. "Glories" stream "from heaven" afar
  6. "Heavenly" hosts
  7. "Christ, the Saviour"
  8. "Son of God"
  9. "Thy holy face"
  10. "Jesus, Lord", at Thy birth
Hearing those words would make the Satan Worshipers who own Macy's to turn into pillars of salt, or spontaneously burst into flames.

And I'm only 'semi' joking. Macy's is evil.

46 posted on 12/23/2008 7:28:33 AM PST by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: BulletBobCo
He told me that last Saturday, they sang "Silent Night" at a Starbucks,

Holy cow! They actually sang "Silent Night" at Starbucks? That's like holding up a cross at a DNC meeting, crossing oneself in an organic market or mentioning God in school. Very ballsy.

47 posted on 12/23/2008 7:33:20 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (All hail the Obamasiah! Kneel before Obamohammad!)
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To: seastay

How can you complain about the word Christmas being in a song about Christmas?

To me one parent complaining about something like this should get a response of “oh shuddup”.


48 posted on 12/23/2008 7:35:00 AM PST by Aria ("An America that could elect Sarah Palin might still save itself." Vin Suprynowicz)
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To: Condor51
I sang 'Stille Nacht' in the original German a couple weeks ago (albeit in church)...

I'd like to see what happens when it is sung in German.

49 posted on 12/23/2008 7:35:08 AM PST by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It's called bigotry.

Exactly.
50 posted on 12/23/2008 7:35:56 AM PST by Vision ("Test everything. Hold on to the Good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21)
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To: BulletBobCo

There’s nothing wrong with singing Silent Night. It’s a beautiful song. My favorite is Oh Holy Night. Were the children able to sing any religious songs at Macy’s?


51 posted on 12/23/2008 7:41:24 AM PST by Girlene (Merry Christmas)
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To: Girlene

“Were the children able to sing any religious songs at Macy’s?”

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I have a feeling The Dreidel Song would pass muster....


52 posted on 12/23/2008 7:55:20 AM PST by EyeGuy
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To: Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey
*** I sang 'Stille Nacht' in the original German a couple weeks ago (albeit in church)... I'd like to see what happens when it is sung in German. ****

Well, at my house nothing would happen.
Because that's how my Wife and her Mother sing it :-)

And they'll be doing it tomorrow. Christmas Eve is HUGH for Germans.

But you prolly already know that.

53 posted on 12/23/2008 7:56:42 AM PST by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: EyeGuy

Christianity is the only threat to Satan...


54 posted on 12/23/2008 7:57:44 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: verga
I find it ironic that the commerical vendors find offense in a religious holiday, specifically Christmas, that generates so much revenue for them. I can only relate this to my thoughts on politicians...they want your vote but not your voice. Here we have vendors that want your money but not your religion.

I would further say the only way to reverse this attitude is to put the religious aspect of Christmas first priority and the commericalism of the holiday a very low priority. As for gift giving...give me a piece of homemade fudge over an IPod anyday.

55 posted on 12/23/2008 8:04:58 AM PST by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98...Ain't no Newbie!)
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To: BulletBobCo

I am always amazed at how people confuse separation of church and state with separation of church and culture.


56 posted on 12/23/2008 8:05:36 AM PST by CharacterCounts (1984 was supposed to be a work of fiction, not a how-to manual.)
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To: sten

Its beacuse Christians dont sepeak up ( or didnt until recently) -
I think its because Christians think “meek and mild” includes denying Christ publicly.
nope. Jesus also had the “drive money lenders out with a cord” going on.
Maybe its time we realize that God isnt milquetoast and isnt asking us to be?
There is a time to kncok the dust off our feet and man up.
Probably past time to do that. Looks like the pope has already started.


57 posted on 12/23/2008 8:07:20 AM PST by humantech ("No one wants to live to see such evil times. Its what you do with the time you are given")
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To: r9etb
I think there's another side to it.

"Silent Night" was originally written in German ("Stille Nacht") by an Austrian in the 19th century. As such, it probably symbolizes -- better than any other Christmas carol -- the heavy Germanic/Anglo-Saxon influence in our Western Christmas traditions (Christmas trees and candles, for example).

58 posted on 12/23/2008 8:07:34 AM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: BulletBobCo

Maybe nobody really believes in a “Round John Virgin.”


59 posted on 12/23/2008 8:09:53 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: icwhatudo

Good to know about Macy’s. Haven’t set foot in there
since they took over Marshall Fields in Chicago and
now I know I never will.


60 posted on 12/23/2008 8:11:11 AM PST by Lesforlife
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