Posted on 12/23/2008 6:47:13 AM PST by BulletBobCo
My 12 year old daughter has been part of a small choir that her piano teacher has put together. They have been singing Christmas carols at different venues this last week. Yesterday, after work, I picked her up and drove her to a Macy's for her to perform. As I was watching her little group do their numbers, the piano teacher's father informed me that Macy's had asked his daughter not to perform "Silent Night". I asked him if he was kidding and he said no. He told me that last Saturday, they sang "Silent Night" at a Starbucks, and people actually got up and left. What is so wrong with singing "Silent Night"?
but Ramadan carols would be most welcome!
People got up and left? So what is the problem? If they were offended, that is better than filing a lawsuit or starting a fight. As for banning the song, I would defy anyone try that here in North Carolina.
And the problem is what, exactly? They vote with their feet as it should be. The shop owner can vote by not allowing them back in.
Non-problem solved.
Maybe they were done their coffee and wanted to get on with their shopping or go home. Performing for a casual audience, rather than one that purposely came to hear the music, means that some people are going to move on.
Macy’s can take their red star and STUFF IT!
Macys is one of the worst of the War on Christmas types. Stores like Target, Home Depot, and especially Lowes have all responded to complaints they have removed Christmas (How many times can Lowes say Christmas in one TV ad-WOW!!! lol)
Macys is a fixture at sponsoring homosexual events with no fear of offending anyone, but mention Jesus—nooooooooo!!!!
The spending money part of Christmas is still quite acceptable at Macy's.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was almost grounded at Murrayville Elementary School after a parent complained about the word Christmas in the song.
We need to start looking for another planet to colonize. There is no hope of saving this one...
Christmas:
The Creator of the Universe, Judge of us all, incarnating Himself as a human in order that we might be absolved of our sins against Him, and be reconciled with Him.
That’s what’s “wrong” with it. It reminds folks that they are on the wrong road.
Perhaps they should sing “Silent Scream” instead..................
Tell them “X-mas” is a holiday honoring Malcolm X and they would probably print full color flyers and have all of hte top Hollywood performers out the celebrate it.
I think that "Silent Night" evokes fear in a way that almost no other carol can do.
IMO, folks who are "offended" by it, are often the ones who are being pressed hardest by God, and they're fighting against it. "Silent Night" scares them because it is something against which they have no argument -- it embodies the Peace that passeth all understanding, and it draws them in.
He did say that we would suffer persecution because of Him. The world proves it every day.
Maybe they're just really bad singers(?)
I think that Macys would have prefered they sang one of Obama's favorites..."Grandma got run over by a reindeer"
anyplace where people are so dumb as to show of their prosterity by drinking four dollar coffee is bound to be infested with libs, who want the presents christmas portends, but cannot stand to even think about why christmas exists at all.
Silent Night is all it takes to drive away liberals? That’s good to know. I’ll sing it all year long now. It’s easier to carry a tune than a trunk full of silver bullets and wooden stakes.
So WHO do we have to blame? OURSELVES.
As long as we sit back and let the small minority of bigots and anti-Christians have their way, they will.
And that applies to SO MUCH ELSE in this country where we, the majority, have permitted a vocal vicious minority to inflict their views and perspectives on the Majority.
Its one thing to respect minority rights. Its quite another to allow minority opinions dominate the culture.
I know what Sam Adams, Tom Paine and the rest of them would do in situations like this, and perhaps its time we emulated them.
“Grandma got run over by a campaign bus...”
Good point.
They hate Jesus.
Maybe a few customers are nitpickers like me, who don't want to hear Christmas music until Christmas (which Officially starts at sundown tomorrow). Anyway, there are a lot of reasons, other than religious objection to a particular song, why people might leave a business establishment during a performance.
Singing Slilent Night in Starbucks? About on a par with doing 10 minutes of Mohammed stand-up comedy in Tehran! Personally I think I would wotk to get the story out and picket the Macys store...let potential customers know who they’re buying from. Might have a big effect, especially before Christmas.
Don’t forget, though, that a good portion of that 80% answered that they are “Christians” because their family was Christian.
There ARE some willing Satan’s minions at work out there, but, unfortunately, most that are doing his bidding are doing so out of wilful ignorance.
“Don’t forget, though, that a good portion of that 80% answered that they are “Christians” because their family was Christian.”
Scary thought. Londonistan may be closer than we think.
I wish I shopped at Macy’s so I could boycott ‘em.
Maybe they had finished their coffee and needed to get back to work?
I refuse to shop at Macy’s. One because of their politics and two, because they have a bunch of over priced crap that I can get elsewhere much, much cheaper.
A friend of mine who got married this past summer was registered at only Macy’s. I asked her if there was anything else she would like that wasn’t on her registry because I refuse to spend money there. She didn’t get it, but I didn’t expect her to.
So she a Lowes giftcard.
“The spending money part of Christmas is still quite acceptable at Macy’s.”
And here is the beauty of it all. I will no longer spend money at Macy’s. Macy’s might want to look at the NY Times business model to forecast their future earnings.
Democracy in action.
Nothing is wrong with singing “Silent Night”
Just do it in Spanish and the intolerant left will tolerate it.
(Maybe the people in Starbucks just had better things to do than sit and listen to kids warble ... many people go there for their own conversations, not to be entertained )
It's a remindser that the begin-all and end-all does not center around them.
“Silent Night is all it takes to drive away liberals? That’s good to know. I’ll sing it all year long now. It’s easier to carry a tune than a trunk full of silver bullets and wooden stakes.
Good point.”
They are libs. You still need the stakes and bullets.
‘We need to start looking for another planet to colonize. There is no hope of saving this one...’
ok, i’m at a loss over how the libs can justify the attack on Christianity. they claim they are trying to avoid offending people, but that just doesn’t track.
for instance, if 85% of the US is Christian, and 95% celebrate Christmas (i’ve never been sure how that works)... then you add the 3% that are jewish... you would cover 98% of the US population by saying ‘Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah’
in that situation, you run a risk of ‘offending’ 2% of the population. BUT, if you deliberately ignore one of the biggest holy days in the Christian faith, you run a risk of pissing off at least a 25-30% of the Christians.
this is FAR worse, isn’t it? how can the business types actually justify it?
meanwhile, in this commercial atmosphere... if 30% of the population is pissed, and you decided to ‘come out of the closet’ and actually start ENDORSING Christmas, your company could reap the benefit of that pissed off 30% coming to your stores instead
thoughts?
“So she a Lowes giftcard.”
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Would that be the Lowe’s that is enabling a dual language America via their bilingual in-store signage?
“Tell them “X-mas” is a holiday honoring Malcolm X and they would probably print full color flyers and have all of hte top Hollywood performers out the celebrate it.”
And if Charlie Rangel and Al Sharpton went into Harlem and said this, my bet is 75% of the constituents would believe it.
Look closely at the lyrics and you'll see why they find Silent Night offensive.
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah
Christ, the Savior is born
Christ, the Savior is born
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sadly they have gone the way of Dizzney. They used to be one of the best, the Tanksgiving day parade capped off by the Jolly old elf. Miracle on 34th street, etc...
Your logic is sound.
It requires however an enraged and mobilized Christian population.
Coming soon (I hope) to a town near you.
I think we are reaching the tipping point on this and other issues dictated by loud mouthed minorities, whose views are HUGELY over-represented in American society.
Obama will ban Christmas w/in 4 yrs.
Pray for W, America and Our Troops
Macy's had asked his daughter not to perform "Silent Night".. What is so wrong with singing "Silent Night"?What's so wrong... easy:
And I'm only 'semi' joking. Macy's is evil.
Holy cow! They actually sang "Silent Night" at Starbucks? That's like holding up a cross at a DNC meeting, crossing oneself in an organic market or mentioning God in school. Very ballsy.
How can you complain about the word Christmas being in a song about Christmas?
To me one parent complaining about something like this should get a response of “oh shuddup”.
I'd like to see what happens when it is sung in German.
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