Welcome to the site & have a great Xmas )
Raje said:Would you believe it... its becoming politically incorrect to say "Merry Christmas" here in the sates. We are now being told that we should say "Happy Holidays" instead.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all those who celebrate.
And happy holidays to any one the last statement left out.
they can`t spell can they!!!!
Raje said:Would you believe it... its becoming politically incorrect to say "Merry Christmas" here in the sates. We are now being told that we should say "Happy Holidays" instead.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all those who celebrate.
And happy holidays to any one the last statement left out.
floppybootstomp said:It's a little like that in the UK as well but not as bad as it seems to be getting in some US States, California in particular I hear.
Let me state that I'm totally non-religious but Christmas is part of my culture, I grew up in a society that is/was mostly Christian, the crusading days and Spanish Inquisition are history, nowadays them Christians seem mostly peacable to me so, yes, Christmas is cool, something to do in mid-winter innit?
All the muslims/hindus/buddhists/jews/wikkans/whatever I've spoken to don't find me wishing them a Happy Christmas offensive, it's just these loony (mostly local) politicians who think they're doing them a favour by trying to outlaw a festive greeting. Crazy.
For myself whenever I wish somebody a Merry Christmas I'm thinking inwardly 'happy midwinter' or Happy Solstice time'.
And cirianz, I did read somewhere that using Xmas is actually Ok, apparently it may have been the original greeting for celebrating Christ's birthday. Wish I still had the link to that, but I haven't.
I could go on, say most scholars reckon JC was born in August, say that I think he did live as a prophet/hippy/all round good geezer, say the Christians hijacked a Pagan ceremony, but I won't.
Suffice to say it's a horrible bleak time of year and Christmas is a damn good way of brightening it up
Now your talking rubbish Flopps, everyone knows he was born in July!floppybootstomp said:
I know what you mean and I agree with you whole-heartedly! I was watching a program about the comedian Dave Allen last night and it reminded me of his "sign off" phrase which stuck with me. For those of you who don't know who or what I am talking about, he would end his shows with the phrase "May your god go with you", thereby including everyone who wished to be included. I thought that was a smart move, and this was all before the upsurge of politcal correctness!
floppybootstomp said:It's a little like that in the UK as well but not as bad as it seems to be getting in some US States, California in particular I hear.
Let me state that I'm totally non-religious but Christmas is part of my culture, I grew up in a society that is/was mostly Christian, the crusading days and Spanish Inquisition are history, nowadays them Christians seem mostly peacable to me so, yes, Christmas is cool, something to do in mid-winter innit?
All the muslims/hindus/buddhists/jews/wikkans/whatever I've spoken to don't find me wishing them a Happy Christmas offensive, it's just these loony (mostly local) politicians who think they're doing them a favour by trying to outlaw a festive greeting. Crazy.
For myself whenever I wish somebody a Merry Christmas I'm thinking inwardly 'happy midwinter' or Happy Solstice time'.
And cirianz, I did read somewhere that using Xmas is actually Ok, apparently it may have been the original greeting for celebrating Christ's birthday. Wish I still had the link to that, but I haven't.
I could go on, say most scholars reckon JC was born in August, say that I think he did live as a prophet/hippy/all round good geezer, say the Christians hijacked a Pagan ceremony, but I won't.
Suffice to say it's a horrible bleak time of year and Christmas is a damn good way of brightening it up
I've always used it because it isn't (so I thought) attached to any god or religion, just the holiday & the goodwill. Ah well, I expect I'll survive the shock 
