this fact alone should convince you secular progressives that your ideaology is not the majority but a small aggravating minority! also, the polls that show most in america would rather hear a merry christmas rather than happy holiday! besides what is happy holiday? you say happy holiday what about offending atheists?they dont celebrate any! what holiday are you wishing me to be happy celebrating? I mean what is a "Holiday tree"?! also if you say no war how can you deny the obvious cases of towns and cities that legislate that no nativity scene be seen in public but have a kwaanza display or jewish or muslim display! or how about school kids who are prohibited from sharing or reading anything about the true reason for christmas but will allow kwannza info be shared or jewish? it seems in attempt to be inoffensive the SP's have excluded one group (the "evil" christians") to include all others. too not admit the obvious u must be blind deaf or just dishonest!
2006-12-02 07:05:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Its all about political correctness, and it backlashed last year. People are tired of bending over backwards to please the minorities when in other countries thechristian minorities are getting murdered for their beliefs. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannakah!
2006-12-02 07:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I don't know that using "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" has done much. Retail sales for Christmas are being reported as being down so far (Wal-Mart, of all things, reported a low "Black Friday" for this year). I've yet to have been told "Merry Christmas" where I've been. I simply choose not to participate in Christmas decorating, etc.
2006-12-02 07:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Merry Christmas!!!
2006-12-02 08:16:57 · answer #3 · answered by sheeny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that there are people who honestly believe there is a war on Christmas--but the ones who are selling this war on Christmas idea on the TV ,they do not believe in it.
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am I the only one who thinks it is odd when someone cuts and pastes the same question?
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2006-12-02 07:14:37 · answer #4 · answered by You have 23 characters to work 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually, Christmas trees were around before Christianity.
"War on Christmas" is just like "War on drugs" or "war on terrorism"--a meaningless phase, dreamed up to mobilize the feeble-minded.
Get a life! This one, that is, because it is all you (and everyone else) will have!
2006-12-02 07:16:37 · answer #5 · answered by silentnonrev 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
what "war" on Christmas? didn't we face enough of this stupidity last year?
If you want to call it Christmas, cal lit Christmas. If you want to wish people happy Kwanzaa, Chanachah, Solstice, Yule, or whatever - do that. If you don't want to specify, say Happy holidays or whatever.
It's only some whiney Chraitians who are upset that everyone's not doing what they want - as if it's all about them. Get a clue!
2006-12-02 07:10:04 · answer #6 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
War on Christmas?
no!
jeez.
there's more people in this country than Christians.
Jews and Moslems both have important holidays during Dec.
2006-12-02 07:08:04 · answer #7 · answered by Joey Joe, yo 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
there is most definitely a war on christmas. in the last few years, retailers, such as wal-mart, kohls, macy's, and regular malls, have given in to the complaints and lawsuits of atheists from across the country. moreover, schools have changed their breaks to "winter break" and towns have removed nativities and christmas trees from their town centers. however, these companies, schools, and towns have given in to what amounts to 5% of the population, while shunning the rest, most of whom are christians. not to mention the fact that hannukah and other december holidays aren't such important holidays as they are made out to be; they're only important because of christmas.
these corporations are realizing the faults of these new christmas policies because they have lost significant amounts of business. wal-mart and kohls have re-neged on their "holiday" programs because they lost a great amount of christian business in the previous years and have now gone back to using christmas themes and decorations.
2006-12-02 08:02:08 · answer #8 · answered by tvlandman88 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I don't know how you've been talking to but, Wally Worlds numbers are way down this year.
2006-12-02 07:09:03 · answer #9 · answered by flip4449 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yawn. Rant posed as a question. Next!
2006-12-02 07:06:57 · answer #10 · answered by non_apologetic_american 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋