Do you think this is fair?

Question

At work, we are not allowed to have decorations for christmas or wear anything related to it in case we offended people who do not celebrate it~!!

I was a jehovah's witness once and i was never offended by the decorations. (secretly i was enjoying it!)

Answer 1

There are three types of people:
1. People who are offended by EVERYTHING.
2. People who are offended by nothing.
3. And Intellegent people like us.

Answer 2

It certainly isn't fair I notice a lot of answers refer to whether you are christian - that has nothing to do with it as Christmas actually stems from a Pagan festival.

Where I work they do allow decorations but its only the fact that I take my lunch hour and put them up that gets it done as no one else can be bothered!!!

Yes we are a diverse society and should make allowances for each other my ex used to work in a place where one of the workers was allowed to shut down his equipment and take his prayer times no one minded and it wasn't stopped in case he might offend anyone.

I think its a sad day if people actually will not allow christmas decorations and even sadder if people claim they are offended by them !!

Answer 3

Not fair at all

Why not celebrate Christmas? Who is it offending? Christmas is celebrated all over the world, even in countries that are not basically Christian. I am not a Christian, yet I still decorate and exchange gifts.

It is just another example of the PC crowd going too far.

If we were in a non-Christian country then I would accept it, but the head of our country (The Queen, not Gordon Brown, no matter what he thinks) is also the head of the Church of England. As long as somebody who is not Christian is not forced to take part in Christian activities, then I don't see the problem

Answer 4

No, I don't think its fair. People shouldn't not be allowed to celebrate a religious holiday because some people don't. It's called freedom of religion. If, say, a Muslim wanted to celebrate Ramadan and put decorations up and dress up(bad example) for it, people would get offended and say that's the religious equivalent to racism. (Forgot the word for it) So why wouldn't people get offended if they couldn't do the same for Christmas?

Answer 5

No, it is not fair at all. One small group of people in this country are dictating what the rest of us can and can't do regarding our religious rights and our rights to decorate and enjoy Christmas. But, if your company is going to bow to public pressure and is worried that they might "offend" someone, then you really have no recourse. A group of you may want to approach management and discuss the matter with them and see if you could at least decorate your individual desks. But I would not hold my breath. I take it you must deal with people from all walks of life and the company is worried that they will loose business if they celebrate Christmas, even in a secular way. Too bad.

Answer 6

No it's not fair. I don't think it even offends anyone. I used to work for a pizza delivery company and most of the employees there were Indian and Pakistani. They decorated the shop with lights and a lot of the employees including the Indian and Pakistani employees wore Father Christmas hats and had a Christmas party. My friend who is a Muslim celebrates Christmas with his family each year.

Answer 7

BAH! No fair! Suppose there are some people at your workplace who don't celebrate Christmas-why not simply ASK them if Christmas glitz would offend them or not. If yes, fair enough. If no-glitz away!
I hope this 'people who don't celebrate Christmas' is not supposed to include Muslims, as they actually acknowledge Jesus as a significant and cool prophet (though not the son of God) and thus do celebrate Christmas.

But anyway, that's the only Christmas question I want to answer or red until December! bah! (It was quite a nice question though...)

Answer 8

I think everyone should be allowed to put up decorations to celebrate their holidays, and to wear holiday items.

I'm Christian, but I would not be offended by Hanukkah decorations displayed by a Jew, or by Eid ul-Fitr hand paintings on Muslim females, etc.

I think the world is a happier place when we share our celebrations with other! Political correctness has been carried way too far!

Answer 9

what it is is ridiculous. its offending to those who do celebrate to have to change their ways to accomodate these other religions like ours doesnt matter all of a sudden. I'm supposed to respect others and not offend them, but they dont have to respect me? anyone who would get offended by seeing someone wearing a Christmas shirt or a store with a tree is just ignorant. I dont get offended by people walking around the mall wearing turbans or those head dress things some women wear, nor do I get offended by Jewish people doing Hanukkah. everyone needs to be respectful of others beliefs. nobody if forcing Christmas on anyone just becuase someone wears a santa hat or decorates a tree. people need to grow up.

I also just wanted to say...my husbands bosses dont celebrate Christmas because of their religion, but they are still nice enough to buy him a Christmas gift becuase he offers to work on their religious holidays so the store can stay open. we need more people like that.

Answer 10

This is a Christian country, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of "Jesus Christ". If the politically correct are not happy with us Christians celebrating this event, then they can "F" off to the country's where all these other faiths originate from and tell them not to celebrate their Muslim, Hindu, Shik etc. festivals, in case they offend the other faiths of people who are living in their counties.

Answer 11

Sounds like you work for the same company I do. I think some companies go too far trying to be fair to everyone.

Why would someone be offended by someone else celebrating their religion ? As long as it doesn't involve slicing the heads off chickens or sacrificing goats, I don't see how any religious celebration could be offensive to anyone.