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November 21st, 2008
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If you happen to celebrate any of the forthcoming holidays, may they be the best ever for you!
I apologize in advance if I offended anyone with this blog comment.
You’ve got to know that whatever follows is completely meshugganah when the piece starts off with a clearly bogus falsehood stated as fact.
But, it’s what the right does. Make up something that doesn’t exist to be upset about and then play the victim. “Oh, noes! We can’t even say ‘Merry Christmas’. Oh, noes! Their bringing back the Fairness Doctrine! Oh, noes! The gays want to get married and eat your children!”
Seriously. Has anyone ever had a personal experience where they were told they could not say ‘Merry Christmas’?
nt everyone celebrates Christmas so saying Merry Christmas to everyone would be stupid.
Why are there no Hanukkah Carols?
They’ve been playing Xmas music on the radio since after the election, and the only Hanukkah song is fucking Adam Sandler?
I mean, come on.
Oy to the World.
Syco: nt everyone celebrates Christmas so saying Merry Christmas to everyone would be stupid
Well, I’m less likely to say it to Moses Goldstein or Mohammed bin Ahmad. I’d likely wish them a Happy Hanukkah or عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥā at the appropriate times.
But not knowing the particular beliefs of most of the people I might encounter, I’d still wish them a “Merry Christmas”. It’s wishing they have a pleasant day, and even for those who don’t celebrate it it’s a holiday day off from work in the US, and there is nothing wrong in wishing them the equivalent of “hope you enjoy the day off”.
But whether you might choose to say it to a particular person or not, the question is has anyone ever been told they can’t?
Every time I hear a Foxian War on Christmas story I think of the movie School Ties with “Go Home, Jew” written on the wall
“Has anyone ever had a personal experience where they were told they could not say ‘Merry Christmas’?”
The only person who has every told me that i couldn’t say Merry Christmas was Bill O’Reilly.
Are you old enough to remember when the question the newspapers posed at this time of year was if commercialization was damaging “The TRUE MEANING of Christmas?”
How far down the rabbit hole have we gone when the newspaper question has been stood on its head and we are asked to wonder if religion is spoiling the commercialization of Christmas.
fafaroo: The only person who has every told me that i couldn’t say Merry Christmas was Bill O’Reilly.
Exactly. And even them I’m sure he didn’t tell you you couldn’t, but was complaining that someone else was going to tell you you couldn’t.
It’s what the right does: Make up something that doesn’t exist to be upset about, and then play the victim.
Eh, even the RNC recognizes that it’s not necessary to say “Merry Christmas” when you don’t know if all of your audience is Christian. They sign off their fundraising appeals with “Happy Holidays!”
عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥā
How do you pronounce that?
How far down the rabbit hole have we gone when the newspaper question has been stood on its head and we are asked to wonder if religion is spoiling the commercialization of Christmas.
Ha!
Best snark I ever heard about the whole ‘war on Christmas’ meme was someone comparing it to a campaign to publicize the trampling of children by unicorns.
What? You’ve never heard about that problem? That’s because the MSM doesn’t want to talk about it!
Duros: عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥā
How do you pronounce that?
Go with Eid al-Adha or “Festival of Sacrifice”.
Why are there no Hanukkah Carols?
Don’t miss “A Colbert Christmas.” The Jon Stewart/Steven Colbert duet, “Can I Interest You in Hanukkah” is awesome!
The MSM is clearly and unambiguously pro-unicorn. Big Unicorn lines their pockets with rainbows and shooting stars.
Pestilence Pony! Yay!
Merry Chrismahannukwaanzaka!
While we’re on the subject of the “War on Christmas” I gotta question.
What is more obnoxious: Lite-FM stations that play Xmas music 24/7 starting the weekend before Thanksgiving, or the people who insist on listening to that shit?
Bruce, I just say “Happy Merry Everything.” Anybody don’t like it, fuck ‘em.
Anyone who thinks a jolly, bearded fat man and pine tress are in any way Christian symbols is an idiot of the highest order. Thank deity I live in a country that at least has the sense to still call it yule, even if they do keep pretending that Jesus has something to do with it.
“Happy Birthday Dear Jesus” by Philip K Dick is a must read for a great take on this issue.
The fact that Christianity uses the old Mithras stuff for Christmas escapes most christers I know.
Merry Christmas is merely another phrase meant to wipe out Christianity in America. While our founding fathers were mainly Christian(there may be an exception I’m not aware of), apparently no one else can.
I worked at a gas station and in this area we had jewish, muslims, non christian and christians come into the store and I’ll never forget I wished Merry Christmas to my regular customer who was jewish and his response was Happy Hanukah my response was thank you. what’s wrong with the proper response as I and my customer knew that we were wishing each other a blessed season of good will unto man just in our own religion. was it wrong for us to exchange good will gestures as he knew I was celebrating Christmas he even said he liked my hat I was wearing a Santa hat which I wore from day after Thanksgiving to Christmas day, oh and by the way it wasn’t Christmas or Hanukah yet when we wished each other these blessings it was the beginning of December.We were not offending each other I wasn’t offended and he wasn’t. He left with a smile he couldn’t get over my hat and he continued to return.It’s all about good will.
Teaflax, in defense of my relative who isn’t here to defend himself
“HUMBLE SERVANT OF THE ONE THAT IS, AND I BOW DOWN TO WORSHIP HIM, OUR LORD, OUR GOD” quote Saint Nicholas the fir tree is but a symbol of mans faith the needles point to heaven how is it an evergreen stays green all year long God’s everlasting love, a wreath never ending love and eternal life God give’s us, Santa isn’t pagan he was a monk lucky us he gave all our money away now that was cruel to his family, however he lived everyday of his life like it was Christmas, generosity and kindness. I guess having that as your motto having kindness and generosity to your fellow man and loving thy neighbor as you love thyself is only practiced by Christians, huh no wonder there is so many jewish communities gathering toys for guess what MERRY CHRISTMAS for the needy Children here, hum I guess that’s not the reason. I believe the news said Christmas season and that was from the jewish lady being interviewed on the TV.