[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Red-Mile-DJ

If this is the case then why do we always here stories about parents not wanting carols sung in schools? That workers at The Gap have to say "happy holidays"?

The religious aspect is WHY we have CHRISTmas. Without Christmas there wouldn't be any "cultural" holiday. The main theme around this year is celebrating the birth of Christ. Everyone knows this. But we have to careful to not shove it down everyone's throats, and celebrate everyone's beliefs, even though it all started with Christians and CHRISTmas.

...I see the thread title has been changed. Nice one.

Originally Posted by Sliver

It's your mistake to think people are offended when you say Merry Christmas. That's offensive to nobody. It's more inclusive to say Happy Holidays, however, which is why people are moving towards that. It's just considerate as there are millions of people in our country that don't identify as Christian.

I think the carols that bother people are the Christian ones. Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer are fine. Christian songs don't really belong in a public school, in my opinion. I wouldn't raise a flap about them being sung by my kids, but I can see why a Jewish parent wouldn't want their kids singing about Jesus.

And it didn't start with Christmas, anyway. This has been a holiday time long before sweet baby Jesus was born.

Easy boys.

Can we keep the main point of this thread, my dislike of Christmas.