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Originally Posted by fundmark19
I could care less about Merry Christmas part I get it, has Christ in it. But why Santa! Why are we now getting rid of Santa, what did he ever do to piss off some adults enough to take him out of children's lives.
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The culture I used to be involved with was very anti-Santa, they viewed it as a plot ultimately by Satan to change the emphasis of Christmas from Jesus to greed and commercialization.
They fought Santa in the schools constantly, holding kids out of Christmas concerts (and having alternative events at the church, like they do with Halloween), organized letter campaigns to school boards, prayer sessions, etc.
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Originally Posted by fundmark19
This is the list of Holidays in December
8-16 - Hanukkah* (Jewish)
12 - Virgin of Guadalupe (Mexico)
13 - Santa Lucia Day (Sweden)
16-25 - Las Posadas (Mexico)
25 - Christmas (Christian, Roman Catholic, International)
26 - Boxing Day (Canada, United Kingdom)
26 - Kwanzaa (African-American)
By saying Happy Holidays we are including 5 Different groups. People don't seem to complain that they get christmas and boxing day off regardless of their religion or beliefs. Should we re-name Christmas to universal generic holiday day? |
Argument from stat-holiday? Surely you aren't being serious.
It's possible to recognize the history of a date without having to think keeping the name and date should be construed as 100% support for everything that date stood for in all its history.