It's not even December and we are starting to see the attack on Christmas starting so I have a short and simple question for those that think that decorating for Christmas should be stopped in an effort to be "sensitive to diversity".
Are you going to work on December 25th or taking the day off to celebrate?
It seems to me that any of the schools and government buildings that refuse to decorate for Christmas or openly celebrate should be open on Dec.25th right?!?! Why would they enjoy the day off for something they accuse of being "non-diverse"?
Political correctness makes me want to puke.
What are your thoughts? Is it rude to Muslims, Jewish people and "Kwanzaa-celebrants" if a Christmas tree is put up or can we decorate for all holidays equally? Should we have to decorate for all of them?
On one hand I want to say, "This country was founded based on Christian principals so that's what we will publicly celebrate, love it or leave it. But on the other hand, I don't mind if we decorate for Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and anything else (except pagan holidays like the solstice...what were the jerks in the Gap's marketing department thinking?!?) because I want my kids to experience more than I would normally show them myself, no harm in that right?
I'm interested in your opinions on this issue so leave a comment if you feel so inclined...
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No matter what your personal religious faith is everyone of faith should contribute $10.00 to a Fight the ACLU's War on Christmas. Only money (which equals court cases) will stop this stupid war from some very "unhappy" people.
Mike in Milford OH
I don't usually leave comments on your site because I know most of the time they probably aren't appreciated very much - but this is a subject that I don't really disagree with you but I wanted to comment on GAP's ad. Christmas actually has its roots in pagan tradition. Things like the Christmas tree and yule log are Pagan symbols, as are celebrating in the last week of December during the solstice. I think it was Pope Julius I who proclaimed Jesus's birth be celebrated on Dec 25 as a way to co-opt pagan symbols to make it easier for them to convert. So maybe they said it to just be factually correct, maybe they said it because it made a good jingle.
That being said I think people should be free to say what they want and celebrate however they choose to. With businesses it's just about appealing to the largest group possible to sell as much stuff as possible. Why say merry Christmas if it means there is a chance that non Christians will choose to shop at Abercrombie instead?
Thanks for your comment Rob. Honestly, I doubt very much that the Gap is bringing up the solstice to be factually correct since 99% of people don't know anything about pagan holidays so they can't claim to be trying to appeal to the tiny group of people out there that know that.
Also, my entire point is that it is fundamentally stupid to stop shopping at a store just because they say "Merry Christmas" and you are a non-Christian. You don't have to be a Christian to celebrate Christmas. Plenty of athiests and non-religious people celebrate Christmas with that whole Santa leaving gifts thing each year. For any group to go to Abercrombie instead of the Gap simply because they said Merry Christmas just shows how small minded they are. Political correctness is a form of blatant censorship. To deny someone the right to hang a Christmas tree just because *you* don't believe in God IS censorship and discrimination of that person. It's just that it is politically correct and liberally acceptable to discriminate against Christians. The same people that want the Christmas trees taken down from schools and government buildings are the people that would fight for the rights of Muslim children to be able to pray in school. PC is ruining this country and breeding INTOLERANCE in the name of tolerance. At least that is my opinion, thanks for you comment;)
Dallas school children now won't learn about Christmas in the "cultural perspectives" section of their social studies curriculum. This section had been devoted to discussing and exploring culturally significant holidays in AMERICA. And now instead of Christmas the children will now learn about Diwalli, Easter, Hanukah and other "culturally significant" holidays.
I have to wonder how the Dallas school board thought that Diwalli was more culturally relevant than Christmas in regards to discussing culturally significant holidays in AMERICA?!
Yes, there is a Hindu population in America and the should celebrate their holiday but it is not more culturally relevant to the majority of Americans than Christmas.
There is no Christmas with out Christ and any one who disagrees should have to go to work on December 25th. Those jaded court house workers who had the tree removed can stare at the Menorah or the Diwalli tree while they work in a completely desolate courthouse on Christmas day. More power too them!
Sarah, You know what? This part of your comment: "Yes, there is a Hindu population in America and the should celebrate their holiday but it is not more culturally relevant to the majority of Americans than Christmas" really hit me hard and made me think.
Does India celebrate Christmas on a national level for that small population of American/Christians living there? No.
We are so overly sensitized to "PC rules" that it is easy and normal for us to feel like anyone who is here should be able to celebrate their native beliefs but you know what? I'm starting to think they should shove it.
Why should we spend our time and taxpayer money teaching kids about Diwalli? Just to appease a small hindu group--WHY DO WE NEED TO APPEASE THEM?
There is a crass part of me that feels like if they want to celebrate their holidays then they should go to their countries and do it. Why does America have to bend over backwards for every Tom, Dick and Harry that chooses to come here? Why are we celebrating "divisiveness"? America has American holidays, based on the Christian foundings. If you don't want to celebrate them, don't, but don't expect everyone else to have to cater to you. I feel like people can either celebrate nothing or celebrate the long standing traditional American holidays. Why do we have to take everyone in AND change our traditions to appease them? Isn't the fact that we are taking them in good enough? Entitlement. That is why illegals come here and then march in our streets demanding "rights" under our Constitution. America needs to stand up to newcomers...like almost all other countries do, and expect them to "melt" into our melting pot or go home to their own pots.
This is "non-sensitive" me taking. I get sick of the entitlement.
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