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To: HairOfTheDog

I think it's more the fact that when one puts in Christmas from the search bar, Wal-Mart's website says, _verbatim_:

"We've brought you to our "Holiday " page based on your search."

This is not done for any of the other Holidays - and aren't they Holidays as well? Or is Christmas the only Holiday that really is a Holiday?

Or perhaps it is that Wal-Mart thinks that other Holidays are Holidays but Christmas is "Holiday" because it's not a Holiday - it's just a "Holiday"...

I'm confused.

Ten years ago, it wouldn't have phased most of us - I think we are getting more sensitive to such things because we have been threatened by real dangers to the cultural heritage of Christians in this country. Labelling Christmas as "Holiday" probably wasn't meant to be an overt disrespect to Christmas itself, but it's rather like calling a child "it" rather than by their name.

Considering that so many secularists are moving against Christmas and Christians, it is only natural for many Christians to be concerned...


273 posted on 11/09/2005 1:26:46 PM PST by dandelion
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To: dandelion
This is not done for any of the other Holidays - and aren't they Holidays as well? Or is Christmas the only Holiday that really is a Holiday?

The others are relatively minor holidays that aren't even in the same UNIVERSE as Christmas in terms of scale.

Ten years ago, it wouldn't have phased most of us - I think we are getting more sensitive to such things because ...

Oh there's a lot of reasons people give for their hypersensitivity.... and I know there are real instances of silliness against Christmas, as well as instances of silliness about Christmas. Get a country full of people together, and someone's bound to be ridiculous.

What's ridiculous about this is that if you actually go to the site, even if you are trying to be offended, you can't avoid seeing "Christmas" while searching for anything "Holiday".

283 posted on 11/09/2005 1:33:08 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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