Christmas and the de-generation of society... what the hell are we coming to? Target and others ban bell ringers at their stores, Macy's and others won't play Christmas music because it might upset those other than christians, EVERYONE! now says Happy Holidays me included! (I am such a coward... more on this later) Where has the word Christmas gone... well it sure was prevalent in October when I saw trees, decorations and the lot before Halloween even hit! Now I am one for decorating I think it's fantastic, but in the zeal to be the first on the block these stores are desensitizing Christmas. I can remember going to Sears or Foley*s to visit Santa and there was a village! I mean houses and snow and the oh man it was cool! Now it's a chair in the middle of the mall?! I was walking through Foley*s the other day and noticed the cheapness of the decorations... they used to have really nice things now it's paper products, cheap, cheesy... EASY! No magic in that... not that it would matter, they've been up since October... My 7 year old sees so much of Christmas that by the time December gets here it's just not special any longer. I guess I just miss the way it was.
... and just when did it become so PC!
CHRISTMAS is not a dirty word!
You know what? There are Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhist, atheists and who knows how many others that celebrate each of their own traditions and holidays. Saying Merry Christmas does not force your religion upon them! Quite frankly I'm offended by the stores that do not have the guts to come out and say it! I hear that the month of December brings in more revenue than all of the other months combined! Why? C H R I S T M A S ! Now why not say it like it is? I get upset and offended when you bow down to the lowest common denominator, I get offended when there is something in spanish instead of english! (I can't read it and it makes me wonder if I'm missing something, or about to step in front of a truck?!) I have started to remove my business from these stores if I can. I know this is wishy washy but I'm really just coming to grips with this. I can take my business elsewhere and I can tell the offending store why and what I think about it.
What do I want to happen?!? Easy I want you to say Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! I want the majority of the people to stand up and be counted. I bet the numbers would be huge if you just asked. I bet that the percentage of people actually offended by Merry Christmas would be so astronomically small that it's insignificant! ... I may be wrong, but I feel like that less than 1%(probably) are causing me to have a mediocre experience, and that OFFENDS ME!
devil's advocate time :: ok in efforts of fair play I've tried to look at this from the other side of the fence. What if someone told "have a glorious Satan's Worship and Small Animal Mutilation day!" would I be offended, yep. Of course I think most of you can see that there is a long way to go between SWASAM and Happy Birthday Jesus. Even if you do not believe in Jesus and Christianity you must know that it is not evil or any equivalent there of. Then again maybe I'm just not open minded enough to wrap my feeble brain around the potential wishing someone good will and peace on earth is bad thing and evil... if so then so be it.
... off the soap box now...
ok last deal .. try to remember the reason for the season if you can... we are celebrating Jesus' birthday or maybe not, we might be celebrating the act of giving unto others, be it a toy, a car, a warm meal or handshake and hug! No matter the what the reason, this time of year everyone is cordial and nice. Everyone genuinely feels some good will towards each other and that alone is reason enough to perpetuate the holiday season!
... oh yea why am I a coward? On our Christmas cards this year I wrote Happy Holidays inside instead of Merry Christmas and for that I am truly ashamed. At least I got in the word Christmas on the front of the card!
Merry CHRISTmas to you too Sam. It offends me as well, but rather than get off on a rant about how this is a holiday for JESUS--I just sit back and bask in the idiosyncrasies of man. Not only are these people pusillanimous pieces of shit- they have conformed to what they think you (society) thinks they should be. I for one am appalled. --good chat sam
Happy Birthday Jesus! >did I just rant myself?< haha
