Originally posted by: sean wookie
My first reaction to the thread title was to be upset. My second reaction is "what the hell, I'll play ball."
Why did a thread titled "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays" make you upset? Or has Sean edited to say something different than it did at the time of you initial temporary upsetness?
Originally posted by: sean wookie
Technically Christmas is more of a secular holiday nowdays. But I believe you should celebrate it how you want to.
My first reaction to the thread title was to be upset. My second reaction is "what the hell, I'll play ball."
Why did a thread titled "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays" make you upset? Or has Sean edited to say something different than it did at the time of you initial temporary upsetness?
Originally posted by: sean wookie
Technically Christmas is more of a secular holiday nowdays. But I believe you should celebrate it how you want to.
No matter what you do, it will always be a religious holiday, but since the Christians stole it from the pagans in the first place I guess it is fair enough if it is someday stolen from the Christians and passed off as a secular holiday. But that day is not today, turn on the radio and find the stations playing Christmas music, chock full of religious references. Even if there are stations that only play songs that do not excplicitly mention baby Jeuss or any other religious things, roll the dial around to the next one. I was in the mall the other day, and the stores are playing Christmas music filled with references to a kid being born in a manger, or Christ our savior being born on Christmas day. Even the very name of the holiday is undeniably religious. Technically Christmas is a 100% religious holiday, that is celebrated in non religious ways by both Christians and atheist a like.
At any rate, while it may be celebrated in America by Christians and non Christians, this is not the case in most parts of the world, as the song ADM posted points out in a very ethnocentric way.
That said,
MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY!!!!