There is a war going on outside, and none of us are safe. It’s the war on Christmas.
Here are the warring factions: On one side you have the people who don’t celebrate Christmas and are offended when someone says “Merry Christmas” to them. On the other side you have the people who do celebrate Christmas and get offended when someone says “Happy Holidays” to them.
Both sides are nuts. But they have gone so far that people in the middle are starting to get dragged into this and getting aggravated.
Acceptable: calling a school's concert the "Winter Show" or "Holiday Show."
Not acceptable: At the winter show, having the children perform a rousing rendition of "I'm dreaming of a white holiday."
Acceptable: a civic building having a display containing artifacts from several religions
Not acceptable: a civic building having a "holiday" tree
Here is what should happen: everyone should calm the fuck down. People should stop getting offended so easily. If you go to a store and the person at the door says "happy holidays" you should reply "Merry Christmas" if you are so inclined. If you are a Jewish/atheist/Muslim and someone says "Merry Christmas", smile and reply "Happy Holidays" or "Happy Hanukkah" or "Joyous Kwanzaa" if you feel snarky.
If your child's school or town's municipal building has a display that only includes Christmas, kindly suggest a menorah be added.
This is a joyous time of year and we shouldn't ruin it by complaining that our particular religion doesn't get the attention it deserves.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
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2 comments:
Well said. Merry Chrismukkah!
Yeah great post, I completely agree. I'm an agnostic who celebrates Jewish holidays with my wife's family and Christian holidays with mine and I'm not offended by anyone wishing me well for the holidays regardless of how they frame it.
And I agree that both sides are to blame. Atheists and other non-Christians needn't be offended by "Merry Christmas," and it's not an affront on Jesus for non-Christians to want their holidays represented, too. This is not a Christian country and it was founded on principles of freedom of religiion.
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