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Let's talk about Christmas, Thanksgiving be damned
LeeC:
Muppet Christmas Carol is still my all time favorite version of the Christmas Carol. Scrooged is a close second.
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 05 Dec 2013, 07:59 ---Garand, can you clarify what you mean? I'm a little confused. Do you mean that it has the potential to offend people who don't believe in Jesus, or is it the justification itself that is offensive, and not the greeting on its own?
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I don't really care if someone says Merry Christmas to me. They can celebrate capitalism their own way. The justification was what really grinded my gears. I didn't post the full thing this guy said to me but it boiled down to "Your holidays and way of life are invalid cause Jesus, so that's why I say merry Christmas, you don't get a choice"
Barmymoo:
Yeah, I see what you mean now. I was worried that you meant that saying Merry Christmas was offensive to non-Christians, which I had never even thought about as a possibility (and I don't want to offend people!). I would also be offended by that argument and I do believe the religious side of things.
Grognard:
I start saying Happy Holidays (occasionally 'Season's Greetings) a few days before Thanksgiving.
It's basically a greeting and a wish of Goodwill/Good fortune for the recipient.
And it covers Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Years.
About 2 weeks before Christmas, its purely 'Merry Christmas'.
I'm still wishing you Goodwill and good fortune, but I'm also celebrating my religious beliefs.
After Christmas, it's Happy New Year.
Some people get ugly and militant about things. I fully undrstand not celebrating the commercialization of Christmas.
I don't like it myself. The mass commercialization and capitalization of Christmas is a terrible affront to the real spirit and meaning of the season. The Spirit is a celebration of The Gift and the Giver; not 'gimme' time.
calenlass:
I can't really see how it would be offensive, May, unless those non-Christians are determined to take your faith as a personal insult, or unless you deliver it in such a way as to be judgy and patronizing to the non-Christian. If someone were to say "Shanah Tovah" or "Saal Mubarak" to you, you also have the choice to take it personally, I suppose, or to accept it graciously. You could either be angry that they believe differently than you, or you can just accept their wishes for the good things they believe they are bestowing on you for the new year.
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