Thursday, December 23, 2004
Suddenly saying “Merry Christmas” has become a political act. It is part of concerted effort by social conservatives to take back the holidays from those “liberals” wishing to wash away any religious connotations associated with such traditions. The whole debate drives me around the bend.
Both sides mistakenly believe that the traditions they wish to prop up or do away with still have the religious significance they once did. The fact of the matter is various social factors, most notably commercialization, have robbed many of those traditions of any such significance and some simply never had any. I like it that way and I am no mood to have the Christians with help of their liberal opponents instill religious significance into those traditions. Xmas belongs to all Westerners and Christians should stop being so fucking greedy and trying to claim it for themselves. As for those “liberals”, stop with the “winter solstice” thing and claim Christmas for everyone by wishing everyone regardless of creed or religion a Merry Xmas
Both sides mistakenly believe that the traditions they wish to prop up or do away with still have the religious significance they once did. The fact of the matter is various social factors, most notably commercialization, have robbed many of those traditions of any such significance and some simply never had any. I like it that way and I am no mood to have the Christians with help of their liberal opponents instill religious significance into those traditions. Xmas belongs to all Westerners and Christians should stop being so fucking greedy and trying to claim it for themselves. As for those “liberals”, stop with the “winter solstice” thing and claim Christmas for everyone by wishing everyone regardless of creed or religion a Merry Xmas
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