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To: carrier-aviator

What the hell difference does it make to you and your life? I'm Jewish. It's nice when people say Happy Holidays. I wouldn't care either way, but I don't understand why you care so much.


41 posted on 11/08/2004 8:17:36 PM PST by Hildy (The really great men are always simple and true)
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To: Hildy

I care because Christmas is a legally prescribed holiday. When Channukah, Kwanzaa, or Arbor Day achieve that status you can re-ask me this question.

If Channukah were in August, and people started saying to you "Happy Holiday" wouldn't you consider it odd? "Why don't they call it by its proper name?" you might ask.

Further, if Channukah were a legal holiday of the Federal Government don't you think the above would be doubly curious? We have ten federal holidays, and in my experience they are ALL called by their proper names. Thanksgiving is Thanksgiving. Memorial Day is Memorial Day. Veterans Day is Veterans Day. So, why has Christmas Day morphed to "Holiday"?

Well, the answer is clear: a small minority of people who enjoy all the benefits of Christmas (like a day off from work, and an economy where 70% of the year's purchases are made in the "Christmas" season) want to deny the great majority of people in this country who both respect the legal and religious significance of December 25th their rights to linguistic freedom, and their rights to make this important legal holiday and religios holy day an important part of their culture.


62 posted on 11/09/2004 6:39:06 AM PST by carrier-aviator
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To: Hildy
"but I don't understand why you care so much."

Well, here is why I care so much.

By way of analogy....

Let's take one of the most holy and sacred days of your own religion...say, Yom Kippur.

Now imagine that it became customary among Jewish people to exchange gifts on Yom Kippur.

Next, imagine that merchants throughout the country, tried to lure you into their stores every year just before Yom Kippur. The whole reason for the malls and stores being decorated and the sales being offered just before Yom Kippur was because of Yom Kippur.

Then suppose that there was sort of an "unwritten rule" that said, Let's not mention Yom Kippur....let's instead celebrate a "Holiday".

Remembering that Yom Kippur is one of the most h ioly days in your religion, and then seeing that it became offensive -- not to try to make money off of Yom Kippur -- but for YOU to mention Yom Kippur, don't you think you might "care" about this whole notion that even wishing others a "Happy" (as in may you know the joy of God's forgiveness and may you experience the happiness that comes from bieng with your family) "Yom Kippur" is offensive?

That, in a nutshell, is why I "care so much" about this issue.

79 posted on 11/09/2004 7:53:18 AM PST by chs68
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To: Hildy
Happy Chanuka to you.
258 posted on 12/20/2004 4:46:51 PM PST by Conservative4Ever (Dear Santa....I have been a good girl this year.....)
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