Merry... Holiday...?

[chibifen]

So I go to read up on the news, fufilling my age requirements since I go outside once a week.

What the fuck is with this Merry Holiday shit? The holiday is called Christmas. Being politically correct has gone way too fucking far.

Comments

[joecifur]

It's not the being PC that's the problem, though. The people that started this weren't minorities, it was a group of fundies. There's more than one holiday, and at the same time. We aren't all Christians here. But what's gone too far is that minority of whiner Christian fucks thinking saying 'happy holidays!!' is offensive to Christians. ;d

I wonder what fuckups in the administration this war-on-christmas bullshit is supposed to be distracting us from.

[chibifen]

So a product of extremists? Oye, whats new. I always just looked at the holiday, and not the "Christ"mas of it.

[ryannktsu]

To all this crap about christmas and people removing the spirit from the holiday season, I just have one thing to say.

Foamy. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/208058

[joecifur]

Me too. :) I love Christmas and all the to-do about it and the season over all.

[draconity]

Saying "Happy Holidays!" isn't offensive, but the refusal/denial of Christmas pisses me off pretty bad. When you have a Santa Claus saying "Happy Holidays!" don't you think that's a little much? Yeah, I saw that. When people are trying to call the Christmas Tree the Holiday Pine, there's something fucked-up going on there.

"Happy Holidays" is a polite little add-on to words and signs that is supposed to acknowledge and respect the practices of other people, y'know? But since Christmas is a federal holiday, the proper thing to display is "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays". Stores can't display signs promoting anything but federal holidays, as far as I know

[joecifur]

I found a lovely entry by my friend ginnyseta here on this subject. I am not Christian, but she is, and proud of it.

Personally, I'm not Christian, but I absolutely love Christmas and all the spectacle surrounding it. :) I don't think there's a war on anything. An athiest that's going to pitch a fit like you mentioned is just as ridiculous as the fundie slamming his fist down to say his holiday's the most important, so there. You're right, it's about mutual respect. I don't think 'Happy Holidays' necessarily excludes Christmas. It's certainly a bit shorter to say than tacking everyone on individually with an 'and.' I suppose I've never thought of it as an add-on; I use it rather interchangeably.

[joecifur]

Spelling errors abound! ; ;

[draconity]

I agree that Happy Holidays = good. Refusal-of-some-holiday-or-another = bad. And yeah, that friend of mine is being a tool just like the fundies are being.

As for the "and" thing, it's just the technical/appropriate store display is all. But you won't see me boycotting a store for "Happy Holidays", though it is kind of annoying when they plaster it on blatantly Christmas stuff as if to say "OH NO, we're not talking about CHRISTMAS."

[draconity]

Wow, read some stuff in the post. (It's late and I'm tired. ^_~) Getting offended at "Happy Holidays" seems way the hell overboard to me, like how my friend gets offended at hearing people wish each other a Merry Christmas. I mean, WTF?

Happy Holidays doesn't exclude Christmas, heck no. But when they slap it on a Santa Claus to make him more PC, I start to either complain or laugh.

There ARE a lot of holidays around this time of year. I wish a Happy Whatever to friends who celebrate whatever holiday, since I want them to have a ... happy one. But weirdly, they refuse to let the word "Christmas" pass over their lips, even to me, because of all of the "raping of our holidays" Christianity has done to paganism, etc, etc... which I won't even get into. e_e But wow, bitter and hardcore much?