Posted on 12/23/2007 7:40:24 AM PST by knighthawk
Ping
That’s a fascinating article. I suppose it was also a New York advertising agency that gave us Santa draped in “Coca-cola red.”
I read the story this AM.
It’s a nice story; I hope that it is read and appreciated as such.
Often, the mention of NYC illicits a certain small degree of animosity, let’s hope that doesn’t happen here.
Yes, Christmas should be first and foremost a religious celebration, and yes, the commercialization of the birth of Christ is wont to be frowned upon. But how we celebrate Christmas is up to each of us undividually, yes?
There is no denying the joy and wonderment on the faces of our children and grandchildren when these iconic images and songs fill the air and the airwaves.
So...thanks New York.
undividually = individually. Oops.
P.S.: Irving Berlin penned at least part of “White Christmas” while sunning himself poolside at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix.
Just the other day someone told that a friend visited from New Zealand, where it's summer now and Santas sweat in their suits. "It's the first time Christmas has seemed real to me," she said. "People are supposed to be bundled up, carolling on the sidewalk."
Yes, there is something uniquely and positively American about New York and about a winter Christmas celebration.
All the more reason to do the semantic ass-kicking on the wimps (yes-it will an easy wupping) who aspire to sanitize our language of Christ.
Oh, brother. This is reminiscent of the Russians claiming they invented everything.
Then tell us please how the modern concept of Santa Claus, the reindeer, the whole secular aspect of Christmas came to be.
Are saying that Christmas didn't exist before NY "invented" it?
Not only what you said, but religious freedom, which gives us the ‘right’ to celebrate Christmas (though presently under attack)was started in the New World in present day NYC 350 years ago this coming Thursday, Dec. 27.
“They figured, quite correctly, that the fastest way to a parent’s wallet was through their children.”
Thooooooooose BASTARDS!
Ah, Merry Christmas all the same.
But something got misinterpreted along the way...
The original Gore story, concocted by right wing conspirators read: Nicholas Gore slayed his way to the top"...
Britain invented modern Christmas, New York invented Santa Claus. There is a difference. The article confuses the issue.
Would you be thinking of the Flushing Remonstrance?
One reason New York City elicits some animosity is that it has long been at the forefront of the radical secularization of this country. And Christmas isn't really much different than any other aspect of life. If you were to walk around New York City today you'd have a hard time convincing yourself that there's anything Christian about this holiday season.
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