More on Christmas
Two things to add:
On NPR this morning, there was a quite amusing reaction to the hub-bub over "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" vs. "Merry Christmas." I'll paraphrase: "Whoa... Dude... You mean if I want my kids to learn the true meaning of Christmas I should take them to, like, church instead of, like, Wal-Mart?" Amazing, isn't it?
Also, from ThinkProgress, Bill O'Reilly has declared that any seasonal greeting not containing the word "Christmas" is offensive to all Christians. Well, Bill, Blessed Be on the Solstice and may the Light of the Sun shine on you. I think someone should sneak into ol' Bill's audience and stand up and say nothing but "Christmas," but in varying inflections. (Like the "Dude" conversation in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) Then someone can get up and start "arguing" by saying nothing but "Holiday" or "Season".
2 comments:
The Whitehouse Christmas Card this year doesn't use the word "Christmas," but it does quote a Bible verse. So it probably still offends the people who would be offended by the word "Christmas," while simultaneously offending people like Bill O'Reily.
The NPR program mentioned that as well. And I remember someone very specifically saying they were offended because "it didn't contain a verse from the NEW Testament." No, can't have any of that evil OT, not on a Christmas card, by Zeus! ;-)
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