Posted on 12/09/2004 9:47:47 AM PST by RepCath
Is America ready for C-----mas? Christmas has been sanitized in schools and public squares, in malls and parades where Santa's OK, Jesus Christ is not. "Jingle Bells" rocks, but forget about "Silent Night." Some hope to assure the nation that it's all right to say "Merry Christmas." Champions of creches, live Nativity scenes, Christmas trees, greeting cards and salutations offer compelling evidence that December 25 is still a religious holiday -- not a violation of separation of church and state. They are ready to rumble. "Those who think that the censoring of Christmas is a blue-state phenomenon need to consider what happened today in the Wichita [Kansas] Eagle," said William Donahue of the New York-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. The Kansas newspaper ran a correction, he said, for mistakenly referring to a "Christmas Tree" rather than a "Community Tree" at the Wichita Winterfest celebration.
(Excerpt) Read more at insider.washingtontimes.com ...
"I want to make a political statement! MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
How dare you! You should be fined and sent to sensitivity training until you are deemed to be mentally healthy.
Repeat after me, "Happy Winter Solstice", "We love your Community Tree", "Would you care for a Community Cookie?"
Not in my town either. We have a nativity scene on the bandstand on the town common. And this is Massachusetts.
How the Left Stole Christmas
http://www.baptistboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/1/2619.html?
Have to admit that I, personally, have not celebrated Christmas the last few years because the joy (the celebration of Jesus' birth) is no longer the focus...even in my very Christian family. When the holiday starts being celebrated for what it is, I'll rejoin. In the meantime, I'll do what the scripture says Mary did...ponder it all in my heart, and thank God privately for sending his Son. But no more of the tinsel, greed, ho ho ho, tree stuff for me.
That's NOT an indictment against those who do celebrate in this way (I know many who do STILL keep Christ foremost in their hearts and minds on those days), but for me it's just bother, noise, expense...and not a happy time.
Not a bah humbug...just a sad sigh.
Shhhhhhhhh. Don't tell anyone, Santa Claus = Saint Nicholas
If any are offended by the true meaning of Christmas, I council them to refuse to take any days off of work during Christmas season and refuse to buy presents for loved ones!
Take a stand anti-Christian hypocrites!
And don't celebrate Thanksgiving either, that is also a Christian holiday!
Only their barber/hairdresser knows for sure.
Amen, take those holidays away...oh and you should probably work on weekends too (day of rest and so on). They can also wait until they take God off the currency before they get paid again...but that's up for discussion...money is their god.
I wonder when they are close to death do they A) Hug a material good; B) Ask for a Macy's or Target circular; C) pray to the Big Bang; D) Hold a rabbit's foot or a monkey skull...or a picture of Marx, Lenin, Stalin...who knows?
Time to drag out the Merry Christmas t-shirts.
I was going to say that.
You've hit the nail on the head.
We need to hear more from you.
Keep it up
My words exactly.
Kudos
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