Toronto Malls Silence Christmas Bells

[valo403]

I use happy holidays and merry christmas interchangeably, generally choosing the one that I think has the greatest chance of offending whomever I'm talking to.

[bcb]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

I don't friggin get it. These fataing foreigners come to our country and complain that our holidays are offensive to them? We have to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Really? You wouldn't see me going to Israel and telling them to stop calling Hanukah because it's offensive to me.

Wait, so is this one sarcastic as well?
Maybe my sarcasm meter is busted too.

[getbak]

[Nage Waza]

I think the thread was about a shopping mall having a problem with Christmas bells being used by a charity to raise money. As far as I am concerned, the mall is private property and if they don't want bells, then there will be no bells.

Not even sure why this is a story.

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by getbak

I think you mean "Keep the Chan in Chanukkah."

[TurnedTheCorner]

The important thing that got lost in this thread is that the SA is irrelevant and needs a shakeup in its fundraising efforts.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Nage Waza

Not even sure why this is a story.

Because there's a war on Christmas, don't ya know.



Damn you, Daniel Baldwin! Thank God Ted McGinley is here.

Originally Posted by MarchHare

I think you mean "Keep the Chan in Chanukkah."

This is the type of argument that can cause a schism.

[The Yen Man]

Oh Jefferson, you used to be so awesome.

[OutOfTheCube]

It is pretty bad, I work in a mall, and we don't have a guy by the store, but I tried having lunch with a co-worker in the food court today. One of the bell ringers just about drove us insane! If he was by the store we'd probably have to be on murder watch.

[frege64]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

I don't friggin get it. These fataing foreigners come to our country and complain that our holidays are offensive to them? We have to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Really? You wouldn't see me going to Israel and telling them to stop calling Hanukah because it's offensive to me.

This has never happened. Nobody has ever actually complained about "Merry Christmas." What you're describing is a myth that's a way to castigate non-Christians and multiculturalism by Fox news and the mouth breathers who watch it.

Get out of your mom's basement, go out today and wish 100 people "Merry Christmas." I GUARANTEE that NOT ONE will be offended/

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

I don't friggin get it. These fataing foreigners come to our country and complain that our holidays are offensive to them? We have to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Really? You wouldn't see me going to Israel and telling them to stop calling Hanukah because it's offensive to me.

I don't think this is an anti-christmas issue, it's an annoying noise issue. Like vuvuzelas.