Posted on 12/07/2018 6:58:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Sorry, no way in hell am I saying Happy HOLIDAYS —ever.
Good post but I disagree strongly with a lot of this.
Oh, SCREW X-mas, too. I’ll never write that outside of a criticism.
This Christian doesn’t believe the first seven.
I/\’ve heard the “chi” thing before. Certainly everyone using X is remembering their ancient Roman language lessons from grade school. I didn’t know there was a Roman language or alphabet. The Romans spoke Latin and Greek. Jesus would have spoken mostly in Hebrew and Aramaic, possibly with some Greek also.
Happy Holidays is just liberal, non-theistic pap aimed at delegitimizing the real reason for Christmas, commemorating the birth of Christ.
Raaaaah!
As a kid, I would hear people say “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays,” and I thought it was to include Hanukkah for anyone who might be Jewish when you did not know for sure.
Just to be clear..when I call barry or hillz a dumb ass I’m not being disrespectful to donkeys.
Happy Holidays has been around since the 19th century
http://www.hburgjeremy.com/2011/12/history-of-happy-holidays.html
“Happy holidays” is designed to evade “Merry Christmas”
It all got started with the song writing genius Irving Berlin, an immigrant Russian Jew, who wrote “Happy Holidays” in 1942 to secularize Christmas, just like he wrote “Easter Parade” to secularize Easter.
That was reported on a PBS documentary on Jewish Broadway writers.
“Recently, an investigation into the history of the phrase “Happy Holidays” as a seasonal greeting in the United States by self-described history nerd Jeremy Aldrich turned up its usage as early as 1863, in the Philadelphia Inquirer. “
https://www.history.com/news/the-war-of-words-behind-happy-holidays
***Irving Berlin, an immigrant Russian Jew,***
He also wrote WHITE CHRISTMAS.
Fake news.
While a lot of this stuff is in secular Christmas celebrations and some is in carols, I don’t know very many practicing Christians who don’t know the Scriptural account and who havent separated the wheat from the chaff as far as the actual recorded timeline.
Do a lot of people believe this stuff? Yes, but not actual PRACTICING Christians.
He also wrote “God Bless America.”
However, the PBS documentary, which you can probably purchase, stated that a number of the Jewish song writer immigrants at that time were intent on changing the United States through their music.
It is situational. If I am talking to a Jewish friend, I don’t wish them Merry Christmas. I also don’t expect any Indian colleagues to wish me Happy Diwali but if they did, I wouldn’t blow a gasket.
RE: Fake news.
I suggest putting it to a test before you conclude this. Ask most of the folks in the church you go to these questions and see what their response is.
(Snicker, Snicker!)
Is the Christian Post going to address whether Mary had a service dog and, if so, for how long she had it?
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