While I don’t like political correctness and I personally boycott stores that advertise “holiday” sales rather than “Christmas” sales, I certainly don’t see the “War against Christmas” as a meaningful public policy issue.
But I do appreciate clever humor, so this Jay Leno joke is worth sharing.
Al-Qaida is planning Christmas attacks in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. government sprang into action and told al-Qaeda, “Hey, you cannot call them Christmas attacks, you have to call them holiday attacks.”
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Dan,
Let’s be fair, this is not just a Christmas season, there’s Hanukkah (a holiday that Christians should support too, since there can be no doubt that Christ did).
So “Holiday Sale” is not just a sop to political correctness, it’s a recognition of the other major religious holiday that takes place in December.
If you really wanted to be inclusive you should say Happy Holy Days. Not Holidays. That would make it clear that you were referring to days of special religious meaning and not just celebrating a time of commercial over indulgence.
Hanukkah is not historically one of the more important Jewish holidays. It’s importance has been elevated so as make people like yourself feel more multicultural.
Hanukkah was not a major religious festival among Jews until recent times. I love the holiday myself, but let’s not change history.
I don’t hear much national clamor among the Happy Holidays preferers to go to work Christmas Day, BTW. Perhaps it would be clarifying for everyone if everyone got Arbor Day off and Christians had to use annual leave to celebrate Christmas. That would rather separate the wheat from the chaff, wouldn’t it?
“inclusive” should not mean denigrating or subsuming the majorities holidays. It should mean allowing all people to embrace other cultural holidays.
This is appropriate for Xmas:
http://puzzlist.blogspot.com/2010/12/waziristan-christmas.html
The War on Christmas probably isn’t an important public policy issue, but that’s partly because it’s been beaten back.
For example, a few years ago, a Target ad featured “Holiday Trees.” Now they’re called Christmas trees again, as they should be. (There are other December holidays, but Christmas is the only one that includes decorating a fake evergreen.)
While I don’t like political correctness and I personally boycott stores that advertise “holiday” sales rather than “Christmas” sales, I certainly don’t see the “War against Christmas” as a meaningful public policy issue.
Three cheers and a tiger for you! The road back to sanity starts with convictions such as this.
As for my part: I’m straight, and my religious beliefs tell me that I would be committing a sin if I were to engage in homosexual acts. However, I have no problem with gay people serving openly in the armed forces or getting married.
Thanks
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