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Just out of curiosity -- I really wondered what everyone thinks about
all the "Happy Holiday" songs and etc? I saw some schoolchildren on tv the other night singing what SHOULD have been "We wish you a Merry Christmas" ... but now it's all "We wish you Happy Holidays". And then Saturday Night Live did a spoof on the whole thing too. Frankly, I'm apalled. Have people forgotten Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ? Or is it all now just a reason to give presents? Oh and my step-daughter came to visit from college this weekend, and she's upset that history books no longer can print A.D. or B.C. -- now it all has to be CE or BCE (common era and before common era). Sorry, I'll shut up now. Except to say MERRY CHRISTMAS! Jennifer/Poetta www.ladybuglane.com |
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wrote in message ... Just out of curiosity -- I really wondered what everyone thinks about all the "Happy Holiday" songs and etc? I saw some schoolchildren on tv the other night singing what SHOULD have been "We wish you a Merry Christmas" ... but now it's all "We wish you Happy Holidays". And then Saturday Night Live did a spoof on the whole thing too. Frankly, I'm apalled. Have people forgotten Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ? Or is it all now just a reason to give presents? Oh and my step-daughter came to visit from college this weekend, and she's upset that history books no longer can print A.D. or B.C. -- now it all has to be CE or BCE (common era and before common era). Sorry, I'll shut up now. Except to say MERRY CHRISTMAS! Jennifer/Poetta www.ladybuglane.com Happy Christmas to you too! We are even more apalled over here, as we no longer have "Christmas" lights but "Winter" lights in the streets - for fear of offending the ethnic religions! None of us ever objected to them celebrating THEIR festivals, after all! Political correctness gone completely mad! Pat P |
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Christmas will always be Christmas to me - no matter what some butt-kissing
politicians say. This political correctness thing has gone too far ... celebrate what you want, but leave MY Christmas alone. My opinion only. Merry Christmas to all. Sharon (N.B.) .................................................. ................. wrote in message ... Just out of curiosity -- I really wondered what everyone thinks about all the "Happy Holiday" songs and etc? I saw some schoolchildren on tv the other night singing what SHOULD have been "We wish you a Merry Christmas" ... but now it's all "We wish you Happy Holidays". And then Saturday Night Live did a spoof on the whole thing too. Frankly, I'm apalled. Have people forgotten Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ? Or is it all now just a reason to give presents? Oh and my step-daughter came to visit from college this weekend, and she's upset that history books no longer can print A.D. or B.C. -- now it all has to be CE or BCE (common era and before common era). Sorry, I'll shut up now. Except to say MERRY CHRISTMAS! Jennifer/Poetta www.ladybuglane.com |
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"clancyc" wrote in message .. . Christmas will always be Christmas to me - no matter what some butt-kissing politicians say. This political correctness thing has gone too far ... celebrate what you want, but leave MY Christmas alone. My opinion only. Merry Christmas to all. Sharon (N.B.) I agree whole heartily with what Sharon said! "Celebrate what you want, but leave MY Christmas alone"! I've heard the same opinion expressed by leaders of the Jewish and Muslim communities. They don't want the Christmas celebration to be renamed the Holiday season any more than they want the names of their religious celebrations changed. The annual Christmas tree that is sent to Boston from Nova Scotia (in appreciation for the help Boston gave to the Province following the Halifax explosion in 1917) this year was renamed the Holiday tree by the mayor of Boston. This caused such a furor, lead by the grower of the tree, it reverted back to Christmas tree. I watched the televised lighting of the tree and it was definitely a *Christmas* tree! ......and the songs was definitely *Christmas* songs! Mavia .................................................. ................ wrote in message ... Just out of curiosity -- I really wondered what everyone thinks about all the "Happy Holiday" songs and etc? I saw some schoolchildren on tv the other night singing what SHOULD have been "We wish you a Merry Christmas" ... but now it's all "We wish you Happy Holidays". And then Saturday Night Live did a spoof on the whole thing too. Frankly, I'm apalled. Have people forgotten Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ? Or is it all now just a reason to give presents? Oh and my step-daughter came to visit from college this weekend, and she's upset that history books no longer can print A.D. or B.C. -- now it all has to be CE or BCE (common era and before common era). Sorry, I'll shut up now. Except to say MERRY CHRISTMAS! Jennifer/Poetta www.ladybuglane.com |
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"clancyc" wrote in message .. . Christmas will always be Christmas to me - no matter what some butt-kissing politicians say. This political correctness thing has gone too far ... celebrate what you want, but leave MY Christmas alone. My opinion only. Merry Christmas to all. Sharon (N.B.) LOL!!! I think that all this "Political Correctness" has shot itself in the foot - it causes far more resentment than it cures! If the ethnic minorities don`t like our "Christmas" festival which is OUR tradition in OUR country - they know the answer! Pat P |
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"Sara" wrote in message ... On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:18:47 GMT, wrote: I really wondered what everyone thinks about all the "Happy Holiday" songs and etc? I saw some schoolchildren on tv the other night singing what SHOULD have been "We wish you a Merry Christmas" ... but now it's all "We wish you Happy Holidays" OK, that's really lame. BUT: as much as some people might like it to be so, there is no state sponsored or sanctioned religion in the US. For those of us who are not Christian, this time of year can be a royal PITA. Xmas (and that is a legitimate abbreviation) is Everywhere and takes over Everything. Bowdlerizing carols is not the way to make us feel more included. I would love to put the Christ back in Christmas and put it back in church where it belongs. Pax in terra, Sara I feel very much the way Sara does. As a non-Christian, I rather enjoyed seeing, and even participating in, Christmas celebrations with friends over the years but now it's become one big money making, commercial venture that starts too many months in advance of the holiday. I would like to see everyone celebrate whatever they want, however they want and wherever they want, but leave me out of it and stop trying to cover all bases just to be politically correct. There will always be someone who thinks it's not enough and calling it a holiday celebration simply won't change that fact. Lucille |
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Lucille wrote:
but now it's become one big money making, commercial venture that starts too many months in advance of the holiday. When you think about it, the state had nothing to do with that. All it does is give everybody the day off with pay. If it upsets people that it's too big and commercialized, they should blame Retail USA--also not something the state gets involved in. -- Lizard-Gumbo http://community.webshots.com/user/moonlightmojo |
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