Christmas is going to be upon us in two days. What I've found lately is that there seems to be a bit of an uprising against "Happy Holidays" and people have started going back to saying "Merry Christmas". I couldn't be happier.
A friend of mine was upset at the fact that despite the fact his kids' school had put on a Christmas pageant every year since it opened, this year the event was cancelled because they did not want to offend anyone who doesn't celebrate Christmas. So, in other words, unless we are willing to embrace the holidays celebrated by cultures who don't partake in Christmas, we don't get to celebrate ours, was the message this father of three seemed to be getting. Case in point: A couple of years ago my kids' school decided on a multicultural holiday pageant; Hannukah, Kwannza, Ramadan, and Christmas. While I have no problem with my kids learning about holiday rituals in different parts of the world, I do have a problem with my child singing 'Dreidl, Dreidl' with her class and not singing ANY traditional Christmas songs in concert at her school.
Who was it that decided that we're supposed to be ashamed of our own faith? Excuse me, but if
Toronto City Hall can stick a menorrah in Nathan Phillips Square, they can put a Christmas tree there too without getting any flak about it from politically correct bleeding hearts. I understand that Christmas was practically the only holiday publicly observed for many years and now we're trying to make up for it, but why should people who celebrate this holiday take it up the butt and not observe it, or forgo saying "Merry Christmas" just so they don't offend others?
Another friend of mine, a devout Christian, is busy reminding people that "Jesus is the reason for the Season". December 25 is Christmas day. Merry Christmas.
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