War on CHRISTMAS!!!!

[pen_grunt]

OMG. Every damn year. The fictional war on Christmas never fails to astound and delight me.

A local garden center, for the SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, posted: "Some say happy holidays... Bah Humbug. We still say Merry Christmas. What about you?"

The effect is about what you would imagine. Frankly, it grosses me out and makes me less likely to shop there since--though I celebrate Christmas--it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. I mean, for fuck's sake, people. I generally say Happy Holidays unless I *know* what someone celebrates. If someone wishes me Merry Christmas, I say Merry Christmas. If someone wishes me Happy Hanukkah, I wish them Happy Hanukkah. If someone wishes me a Blessed Solstice, I wish them a Blessed Solstice.

It's called Not Being a Dick 101.

Oh, the comments though. The comments will NEVER cease to entertain me.

"Elaine: Christmas has ALWAYS been celebrated this time of year all the other "holidays" came later..... so MERRY CHRISTmas!!!!!!!"

What do you think Jewfriends and other people with a speck of religious education? Christmas totally came before Hanukkah, right? Because THAT makes sense. And it's ALWAYS been celebrated this time of year...even though the Christ of which they speak was not born in December and the holiday is only celebrated then to co-opt Solstice? Also, your holidays are only "holidays". Take that, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Solstice, you made-up things, you.

I've restrained myself from posting a really snotty reply. People like this, well, if they can't even follow chronology and fact (or "fact") from their OWN damned Bible, what hope is there for them?

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[tediousandbrief.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall that Judiasm was created before Christianity. The whole Jesus being Jewish kinda speaks to that... Like, wasn't there a sign above his head on the cross mocking him as "King of the Jews" according to the Bible? I may be a bit rusty.

Also, Christmas for the Orthodox is usually in January...that probably isn't real Christmas to her...

People who do this "War" stuff just make me shake my head. Even if you say Merry Christmas to someone who doesn't celebrate it, they likely will go "oh, thank you." and maybe wish you it back so long as you aren't being a dick about it.

Acting like "happy holidays" is some new bizarre anti-Christian thing is just weird. There have always been lots of holidays here (let alone just Christmas and New Year).

For posts like this I need that old icon from Saved! with Jena Malone holding a Bible saying "This is not a weapon!"

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

You don't have to be rusty or not rusty. All you have to do is be able to answer the question: Which comes first--the OLD testament or the NEW testament. It's astoundingly simple.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

That's not what 2nd Easter Bunny, Chapter 2, Verse 6 says.