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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Or because it is fun.
The "War on Christmas" thing (I hate that term) doesn't offend me from a religious angle at all. I just find that politicizing it and dulling down the symbolism to not offend some groups of people just takes the fun out of it.
It is like celebrating the Chinese New Year without zodiac symbols because they might offend someone who doesn't like the shamanism and animism roots.
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You are officially the first person I know who thinks Christmas shopping is fun (other than the females in my life who are slaves to consumerism).
I think less is more (generally speaking, and for Christmas), but then again I actually celebrate the birth of Jesus (I know, who does
that anymore?). I don't really have a horse in the "war on christmas" race. It doesn't bug me one iota what people celebrate or don't. And like I said earlier, if someone wished me a Happy Hanukkah or Happy Holiday I accept their greeting without reservation. I do find it comical though that folks actually get offended if someone wishes them a Merry Christmas.
So to all of CP, from December 1st to January 1st, feel free to wish me any holiday greeting you like
And if you are actually curious which specific days I celebrate, they are:
- Christmas Eve (usually old traditions from my European roots)
- Christmas Day (lots of Skyping with family scattered)
- St Stephen (aka Boxing Day) the first Christian Martyr, and my grandfather's namesake whom I never met so it's kinda a connection for me.
- New Years Eve, a type of thanksgiving for the year that was.