Merry Christmas!
Yes, I said it! Merry Christmas! A bunch of people don’t want me to say that because it “infringes” on somebody else’s delicite “sensabilities”. Well, think of it this way….
1. It’s my way of saying Happy Holidays (however the heck you want to celebrate this time of year… if, in fact, you can pull that large barbed-wire stick out of your ass long enough to have a little joy in your life!)
2. What about my right to express the Season in the way I see fit?!? If someone comes to me and says that I can’t say “Merry Christmas” because it offends them, that’s an offense to me!
Bottom Line is: Saying “Merry Christmas” is not the end of the world for anyone. If someone comes to spit in your face, drag you from your home, beat the crap out of you, burn down your house and piss in your lasangna…. that could be considered offensive.
Personally, I’d rather just say “Merry Christmas”.
tb Said:
on December 27, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Oh man, TJR…I had this argument with my dad just the other day. It has nothing to do with people saying Merry Christmas and people’s sensibilities. It has everything to do with how businesses choose to greet people during this time of year. Funny thing, there happens to be a lot of people who celebrate this time of year and not all of them are Christians. There’s Hanuka, Kwanzaa, the winter solstice (yes, people celebrate that). But, the poor persecuted Christians are having their federal holiday under assault because someone chooses to say Happy Holidays.
Jon Stewart said that perhaps that people say happy holidays because you are combining merry Christmas and a happy new year. You could say the whole thing, but as he says, maybe you’ve “got shit to do.”
Problem is this is nothing more than manufactured outrage provided by some talking heads that desperately need something to yell at during this special season where we are supposed to be nice to each other. Hey, it’s good business for them too as “the War on Christmas” is pulling a tidy amount of money for those outraged groups who found a way to turn their so-called angst into a seasonal cash-cow. Ho-ho-ho!
I really don’t think that people have problem with you, or any individual, saying Merry Christmas. But if we’re going to get our undies in a bundle over this, well…it just doesn’t seem that Christmas is very Christian any more.
And that, my friend, is irony.
tjsblog Said:
on December 30, 2006 at 12:12 am
I agree with you as far as some of Christian group giving Christians a bad name by spouting their mouth off on this whole “War on Christmas” thing. And believe me, being the equal opportunity kind of noggin-knocker that I am, I’m just as fed up with these Ass Clowns as I am the ones that pucker their pooter when you say Merry Christmas!
In fact, I believe that it’s the “War On Christmas” Ass Clowns that fuel the other side of the tree to start flinging their poo! It all goes back to my oringal rant (See Political Rant I). Ass Clowns pitch the shit everywhere and the Crack Monkeys eat it with a spoon and parrot it back because they don’t know any fucking better!
Only this time, the Baby Jesus and Santa are caught up with the pooper-scooper.
TJ