Christmas is almost gone: Barbara Simpson warns religious basis of America being subverted

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Tuesday, November 11, 2003 | Barbara Simpson

[JohnHuang2]

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

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[zarf]

Babs makes my knees quiver. Do you think she'd go for a single guy sleeping on a futon?

[Don W]

I figger you stand about the same chance with her as I do with Miss Crawford.

She will acknowledge your existence, but that's as far as you'll ever get.

[foreverfree]

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[kitkat]

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[Scenic Sounds]

I figger you stand about the same chance with her as I do with Miss Crawford.

She will acknowledge your existence, but that's as far as you'll ever get.

LOL. Cathryn, you're not taking care of your fans! ;-)

[SamAdams76]

I guess only a woman could get this worked up over store displays. Doesn't bother me one bit that stores display Christmas trees at Halloween. They could display them in July for all I care. I just get what I need in them and get the heck out before one of those pushy salespeople can sidle up to me.

As with all things, Christmas is what you make of it. In this house, we still do Christmas up right. What is shown on TV and what is displayed in the stores has very little to do with it. Kwaanza and Ramadan? What's that? And who cares?

[Elsie]

I've got them other chromosomes and I get worked up.

Walk thru Wal-Mart or ANY big box store and just TRY to find the word

JESUS

anywhere!

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HELLO!

It's HIS

BIRTHDAY

(celebration, anyway)

You'd think there'd be SOMETHING about SALVATION of your souls mentioned SOMEWHERE!

[Cathryn Crawford]

LOL. Cathryn, you're not taking care of your fans! ;-)

I'm sorry. Hi, Don!

;-)

[Corin Stormhands]

Walk thru Wal-Mart or ANY big box store and just TRY to find the word JESUS anywhere!

Maybe it's because of where we live, but our Walmarts have a HUGH selection of Christian books. And at Christmas and Easter, there's plenty of religious decorations, from the tasteful to the tacky.

Not sure where else you'd need to look.

The commericalization of these holidays is about money. I don't have to spend mine on it if I don't want to.

[fml]

--Kwaanza and Ramadan? What's that? And who cares?--

LOL.

[Carolinamom]

I looked long and hard yesterday for a box of CHRISTMAS cards. I finally found one box that did acknowledge the true meaning of Christmas and bought it. "Season" and "Holiday"? Bah and humbug.

[.30Carbine]

As with all things, Christmas is what you make of it.

Amen, and like Dickens' Scrooge, I've learned to keep and practice Christmas all 365 days of the year! The Spirit of Christmas present, and the Living Christ whose birth that Spirit celebrates, are alive every day of the year. I choose to honor Christ and Christmas every day; others may wish to confine Him and the celebration of His Coming to December 25th.

Ha! Having people plead to keep the Christmas accoutrements in the back room until the Day itself arrives is comparable to Scrooge asking the Spirit of Christmas past to douse her light, for it hurts his eyes! Every cheap thread of tinsel, every artificial tree and plastic bulb, every clanging music box - no matter how out of tune with the real Christmas Carol - point ultimately to the One whom these things celebrate.

[DianaN]

A thought to ponder upon: Crucifixes are being taken down in Italy because it "offends" Muslims.

The Saud's, Pakistani's and others are liars; they DO intend to make America an Islamic nation; sharia and all.
I hope the following generations will not live to curse their ancestors who didn't see it coming.

History is replete with examples of how the Islamists took over whole nations.

I have no doubt that eventually there will be a one world government and how can that be so without the acquiescense of those in America?

I actually had an Islamist email me and say freedom of speech in America didn't include me having a negative opinion of their so called prophet! This wasn't an immigrant; it was someone who claimed his family had been in this nation for 12 centuries.

BEWARE of "hate speech" laws; they are NOT about the 1st Amendment!

[RobbyS]

Ther Christmas season has been redefined. Ask anyone the maning of the verse "The twelth day of Christimas" Christmas used to first day of a twelve day period ending with Epiphany, the feat of the three wise men." In Spain, "Little Christmas" used to be the day when gifts were exchanged. because that was when the Wise men presented their gifts to the Christ child. But even in Spain "Santa" is taking over.

[SamAdams76]

I too have learned to keep and practice Christmas in the proper way. I've really come to appreciate it too, especially since my parents made them so miserable when I was growing up (not intentionally but they were in a bad marriage and the holidays brought out the worst in them).

People think I'm nuts but I start celebrating the Christmas season November 1. That is the day the Christmas music comes out (and I have lots of it - I collect Christmas recordings) and the day I start hanging up the lights. I pretty much have to start the lights around then as it takes me 3-4 weeks to get the house properly done. If you've ever seen the Chevy Chase "Christmas Vacation" movie, you will get the general idea of what I try to do with my house. Only I concentrate the lights indoors, where I can see them. I run lights floor to ceiling in every downstairs room to the point where you don't need to turn a regular light on in the entire downstairs! I also do outdoor lights but not as many.

And they don't come down until after the Super Bowl!

I find that lighting up the house like this during the coldest and darkest months of the year puts everybody in a cheerful mood. Also, getting the work done before Thanksgiving means that we can spend a lot of time between Thanksgiving and Christmas just sitting around the fire and watching all the blinking lights (tree goes up the first weekend of December).

[Elsie]

Maybe it's because of where we live......

..and that is where?

[Corin Stormhands]

Richmond, VA

The Southern Baptist Mission Board is located here. And the major grocer 1) doesn't sell alcohol and 2) doesn't open on Sunday (but still has 40% of the market)

[kidd]

As with all things, Christmas is what you make of it. ... What is shown on TV and what is displayed in the stores has very little to do with it.

Perfectly stated.

If you don't get excited about store displays and don't watch a lot of television, then Christmas is still a religious celebration. That has not diminished at all.

Thanksgiving is, thankfully, still very uncommercial.

Halloween: This year, on October 31, I came home from work at 5 pm to my completely undecorated house, helped the kids carve a pumpkin, put a few plastic decorations outside and took the kids trick or treating. The decorations were down by 8 pm and the pumpkins were in the garbage the next morning. Three hours of Halloween is about all that I can take.