Posted on 12/18/2004 8:37:56 PM PST by FairOpinion
Across the United States, celebrations for what many Americans now refer to as the "C word" have been all but restricted to churches and private homes.
In Wichita, Kansas, a local newspaper ran an apology after referring to a "Christmas tree", rather than a "community tree"
In one New Jersey school district, where the singing of Christmas carols has long been abandoned, officials have this year forbidden children's orchestras to play songs such as Silent Night because that might remind people of their Christian content.
Well, the pee-cee crowd will just have to go into convulsions as they kiss my WASP a$$ on a bright sunshiny
morning!
Hummmm, I might think up a little mailing address list to send out some . . .
Merry Christmas.
Christmas is a Christian holiday, and Christians should be free to celebrate it wheresoever they may choose to.
Its the politics of resentment, a need to shackle strength...a philosophy which defines the social left.
Wow, there has been an almost 10% drop in the number of people that identify themselves as christian. And this happened over just one decade. That is huge. And I'm not a christian and I think that is huge.
It's all the anti-Christian teachings in public schools and the media.
The pressure is to make Christians be too embarrassed to admit they are Christian.
It's the liberal propaganda machine.
THE CHRISTMAS LINKS PAGE
http://www.truthusa.com/CHRISTmas.html
Two Cents: Thoughts and Questions on Anti-Christmas Pusillanimity
Every year Americans are subjected to the cries of the PC crowd that believes any sort of public celebration -- or even cursory recognition -- of Christmas is detrimental to our society. (For a great column on this topic from a Jewish perspective, check out Charles Krauthammer's piece in today's Washington Post.)
So without trying to sound like a "religious kook," here are a few items I'd like to pose to the liberal, anti-Christmas Nazis:
--Why is the word "holiday" OK, but "Christmas" isn't? To what, do you suppose, do the first four letters of "HOLIday" refer? (Hint: It's not a plant.)
--What does "Season's Greetings" mean? What "season" are you talking about?
--Why is this considered "the most wonderful time of the year?"
--Why is the menorah allowed in the public square but not the Nativity? (And don't tell me, "Well, you get the Christmas -- I mean -- Holiday Tree, so you don't need to see the Baby Jesus, shepherds, or those wise men.")
--Why is Kwanzaa given any validity?
--When a child asks why all the pretty decorations, gifts, the jolly old elf, lights, wreathes, candy canes, trees, crèches, reindeer, Perry Como albums, and egg nog make their appearance every December, what do you tell him? Do you lie to him?
--Or do you explain to that child why billions of people around the planet are in just a little better mood for the better part of a month, despite long lines at department stores and crowded parking lots?
--Do you hear those carolers out in the street (yes, the ones smiling broadly, wearing the hats and scarves), well, do you find them offensive? How so? How would you rank their offensiveness with that of, say, flag-burning war protestors?
--Are you one of those types who want to change all our history books to read "Before Common Era (BCE)" and "Common Era (CE)" instead of "Before Christ (BC)" and "Anno Domini (AD)" respectively? If so, are we still in the year 2004 CE/AD? What is significant about 2004?
--Why differentiate between BCE and CE? What's the significant event that caused earthly time to be split in half? If you're really trying to purge Christ from history, why not go ahead and call this year 156,034,021 or whatever -- no initials, no comment, no limits?
--Do you initiate or participate in letter-writing campaigns to network television stations (the stewards of our public airwaves) to protest the airing of Christmas TV specials -- you know, those really horrible, corrupting programs like "A Charlie Brown Christmas" or "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" or "Miracle on 34th Street" or "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" or "Frosty the Snowman" or Dickens's "Christmas Carol"?
--Do you think you're ever going to overplay your hand with all your "political correctness" malarkey?
Chris Field
Human Events
Thanks for the wonderful link! A blessed Christmas to you and your family!
Thank you Lainde.
Merry Christmas
JJ
I always interpret the BCE and CE to mean 'Before the Christian Era' and the 'Christian Era'.
According to the survey, the second-largest religious group in the US is "No Religion" (about 14%). It would seem that this group is feeling its oats.
Yeah. But that is far more palatable to the secularist Nazis than acknowledging Anno Domini, "The Year of our Lord."
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