As Denis has pointed out, Christmas is an invention of the Catholic Church
in an attempt to stop the heathen practices of the Europeans which included
a great deal of debauchery. The earliest colonists to come to America were
radical religious zealous trying to escape the persecution of the Catholic
Church and refused to celebrate Christmas. As a child I was brought up going
to a church that emphasized Easter as the ultimate Christian holiday;
fortunately they didn't persecute it's members for celebrating Christmas. I
have always put up Christmas lights, had a Christmas tree, gave Christmas
presents, while my kids were little convinced them there was a Santa Claus,
watched "It's a Wonderful Life" "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Dickens "A
Christmas Carol" "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown". Where the hell am I going
with this? I have no idea! Oh Yea, Merry Fn Christmas!
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From: "Neil McGlothin" <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:10 PM
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Besides, I've been hearing and sayin' Happy Holidays for most of my life... No matter how ya say it, have a safe and peaceful time, now and forever!
--- Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
_________________________________________________________________I understand what you're saying, but this shortens Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and we are a nation of many peoples, and inclusion is nice. I actually have Jewish friends, who observe Hanukah, can I not say Happy Holidays and include all of them and whoever else? Besides, the fact is that Jesus was probably actually born in June and Christmas was adopted from Winter Solstice festivals going back to the friggin' cavemen. So, if one wanted to be absolutely correct and Christian, then he should be putting his tree together in June, except that the tree is actually a German pagan tradition honoring the spirits that they believed lived in evergreen trees and could bring back life to the world after the winter.
It may not always be political correctness, just courtesy.
I will never use Xmas. That's just lazy.
From: "Aguirre, Adan" <AAguirre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: (no subject)
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