The right-wing is trying to create a war on Christmas. Oh my…
In short, this is hard-to-believe stuff, but they keep on writing and talking about it. Well, so be it. But let’s look at it for a moment…
Christmas has always been a time for giving. And whether that be for your family, the less forunate or both, I believe that these columns and potshots are distracting from the charity and good wishes that many give this time of year. And honestly, so what if some corporations call this time “the holidays.” Will this really destroy your celebration? I mean, the intent is the same and it’s actually more inclusive, so why should it?
But still I wonder, what are the “Christmas is being destroyed” crowd distracting the rest of the electorate from? What is the real reason they’re speaking out? Do they really think Christmas is in jeopardy? Personally, it’s hard to feel that this is a genuine attempt to “save” a holiday, since the holiday doesn’t seem to be in any real danger at all.
From Townhall.com…
I never thought I’d live to see the day that Christmas would become a dirty word. You think it hasn’t? Then why is it that people are being prevented from saying it in polite society for fear that it will offend?
Schools are being forced to replace “Christmas vacation� with “winter break� in their printed schedules. At Macy’s, the word is verboten even though they’ve made untold millions of dollars from their sympathetic portrayal in the Christmas classic, “Miracle on 34th Street.� Carols, even instrumental versions, are banned in certain places. A major postal delivery service has not only made their drivers doff their Santa caps, but ordered them not to decorate their trucks with Christmas wreaths.
How is it, one well might ask, that in a Christian nation this is happening? And in case you find that designation objectionable, would you deny that India is a Hindu country, that Pakistan is Muslim, that Poland is Catholic? That doesn’t mean those nations are theocracies. But when the overwhelming majority of a country’s population is of one religion, and roughly 90% of Americans happen to be one sort of Christian or another, only a damn fool would deny the obvious.
So then, I suppose I’m a damn fool. I suppose too that I’m a person who cherishes inclusion above exclusion. Oh well, I guess that’s me…
But let’s do an informal poll of Moderate Voice readers. Who thinks that there’s actually a war on Christmas and who thinks this is just an invention of the extreme right?
Your thoughts are welcome and encouraged because perhaps I’m wrong. Perhaps there is a full-frontal assault on good will.
But somehow…I seriously doubt that.