Please, make it stop!
Those words, from a friend's posting, started me thinking...and that's when the trouble usually starts!
A manhole is called a manhole because once upon a time it was a man who typically used it, not because men want to keep women down, (by naming a hole in the ground after themselves)!
“Christmas”, is a celebration of Christ.
“Xmas”, is a commercial invention to save the high cost of letters in advertisements!
So when someone says, “Keep Christ in Christmas”, he, (or she) its not an attempt to bring someone down …it’s just a desire to remember that Christmas was not the commercial venture it has turned into.
A Christmas tree is to Christmas as a Menorah is to Hanukah.
Although Halifax presented Boston city with a gift of a Christmas tree, Boston has disallowed its residents from calling it a Christmas tree. It’s now a holiday tree. Everyone is pissed, bylaws are popping up forcing one thing or another, and no one is happy…well, they’ve certainly taken the spirit of Christmas from the Christmas tree, haven’t they?
To be politically correct, trying to appease everyone, the correctness Gestapo would have me say what…”Seasons greetings”? Totally removing my own spirituality to avoid a possible misconception of what, or who? Wait a moment, what about Jehovah’s Witness? There isn’t a “‘seasonal” celebration this time of year for the Witnesses; maybe I just offended them now!
Please, make it stop! We have far too much to be concerned about to be fighting over to call it a Christmas tree, or a holiday tree, it’s still an F*%# tree!
Happy CHRISTMAS, and whatever best wish greeting you'd like!
2 comments:
See I think the Ramadan should be renamed, to month of reflection to not offend anyone. Maybe Shabbat we can just call Friday since that’s what everyone else calls it. I find that anything the typical Anglo did for tradition is open for reinterpretation, but everyone else's traditions are taboo. I say to hell with that all traditions must melt into one big friggen lump so we don't offend “anyone”.
Why should we melt it at all? Almost all religions, most all spiritualities preach and teach acceptance of others, patience and tolerance, everyone from Muslim to Pagan...you should accept me as me, as I will accept you as you...it's still a Christmas tree to me!!
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