Sphyrapicus

I know this forum is international in scope with an obvious bias
towards the U.S. since presumably half (or more) of all posters are
from the U.S. (people are on here because they are marrying / have
married a USC).



I'm just wondering if anyone feels offended by the "Merry Christmas"
greetings? Is it that the majority on this board celebrate Christmas so
it is to be expected? I always wonder if the reverse was true. Say this
board was about people marrying people from a predominantly Moslem /
Muslim nation, would us Christians be offended by references to the
Koran or Allah?



The reason I bring it up is that many USCs have foreign spouses who do
not celebrate Christmas or Hanuka / Hanukah / Hanukkah / Chanukah or
Kwanza / Qwanza -- the three religions that the press in the U.S. seem
to focus on.



Maybe our society is becoming way over-politically correct. I've heard
of grade schools in NYC that have banned "Frosty the Snowman" and
"Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" because they are associated with
Christian beliefs and not fair to other religions. My nephew has the
"Winter Celebration" at school as they are not allowed to refer to it
as "Christmas Holidays" and there can be no reference to Santa or
mangers, etc.



Any thoughts?



Merry Christmas (errr, I mean Happy Holidays)

Rete

S___w political correctness .. its over done anyway.



Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays as it pertains to you and yours.



Rete





Originally posted by sphyrapicus

    > I know this forum is international in scope with an obvious bias
    > towards the U.S. since presumably half (or more) of all posters are
    > from the U.S. (people are on here because they are marrying / have
    > married a USC).


    > I'm just wondering if anyone feels offended by the "Merry Christmas"
    > greetings? Is it that the majority on this board celebrate Christmas
    > so it is to be expected? I always wonder if the reverse was true. Say
    > this board was about people marrying people from a predominantly
    > Moslem / Muslim nation, would us Christians be offended by references
    > to the Koran or Allah?


    > The reason I bring it up is that many USCs have foreign spouses who do
    > not celebrate Christmas or Hanuka / Hanukah / Hanukkah / Chanukah or
    > Kwanza / Qwanza -- the three religions that the press in the U.S. seem
    > to focus on.


    > Maybe our society is becoming way over-politically correct. I've heard
    > of grade schools in NYC that have banned "Frosty the Snowman" and
    > "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" because they are associated with
    > Christian beliefs and not fair to other religions. My nephew has the
    > "Winter Celebration" at school as they are not allowed to refer to it
    > as "Christmas Holidays" and there can be no reference to Santa or
    > mangers, etc.


    > Any thoughts?


Merry Christmas (errr, I mean Happy Holidays)

Hypertweeky

Originally posted by sphyrapicus

    > I know this forum is international in scope with an obvious bias
    > towards the U.S. since presumably half (or more) of all posters are
    > from the U.S. (people are on here because they are marrying / have
    > married a USC).


    > I'm just wondering if anyone feels offended by the "Merry Christmas"
    > greetings? Is it that the majority on this board celebrate Christmas
    > so it is to be expected? I always wonder if the reverse was true. Say
    > this board was about people marrying people from a predominantly
    > Moslem / Muslim nation, would us Christians be offended by references
    > to the Koran or Allah?


    > The reason I bring it up is that many USCs have foreign spouses who do
    > not celebrate Christmas or Hanuka / Hanukah / Hanukkah / Chanukah or
    > Kwanza / Qwanza -- the three religions that the press in the U.S. seem
    > to focus on.


    > Maybe our society is becoming way over-politically correct. I've heard
    > of grade schools in NYC that have banned "Frosty the Snowman" and
    > "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" because they are associated with
    > Christian beliefs and not fair to other religions. My nephew has the
    > "Winter Celebration" at school as they are not allowed to refer to it
    > as "Christmas Holidays" and there can be no reference to Santa or
    > mangers, etc.


    > Any thoughts?


    > Merry Christmas (errr, I mean Happy Holidays)



Hey there!!



I have though about all that you have said above quite a few times, I
always wanted to post about this.. but I never did.

I am getting ready for Nochebuena!!

Clare009

Originally posted by sphyrapicus

    > <snip>

    > Maybe our society is becoming way over-politically correct. I've heard
    > of grade schools in NYC that have banned "Frosty the Snowman" and
    > "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" because they are associated with
    > Christian beliefs and not fair to other religions. My nephew has the
    > "Winter Celebration" at school as they are not allowed to refer to it
    > as "Christmas Holidays" and there can be no reference to Santa or
    > mangers, etc.


    >



It seems really weird that they ban Santa & Rudolph etc as they are
really nothing to do with the Christian religion. In fact any really
fundamental christian would love to ban Santa & Rudolph (no offence
intended to any fundamental christians). This hypersensitivity to
Christianity is really bizarre. There certainly isn't such a reaction
to other world religions.



I for one am not at all offended if people speak about their own
religion.



'Christmas', for what it's worth, seems to be more of a capitalist
festival nowadays than a religious one - you just have to see the hordes
of last minute shoppers to realise that.



Clare

Noorah101

I think wishing others a Happy "anything" is wonderful. It doesn't
really matter how it's worded, it's the intent to convey warm wishes
that's important :-)



Happy Holidays! :-)



Rene

Dekka'S Angel

Originally posted by sphyrapicus


    > The reason I bring it up is that many USCs have foreign spouses who do
    > not celebrate Christmas or Hanuka / Hanukah / Hanukkah / Chanukah or
    > Kwanza / Qwanza -- the three religions that the press in the U.S. seem
    > to focus on.



Just to be pedantic - Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday. It just
begins the day after Christmas, is all.

Sphyrapicus

Originally posted by Dekka's Angel

    > Just to be pedantic - Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday. It just
    > begins the day after Christmas, is all.

Thanks DA for the correction. And yet another spelling of Kwanzaa. I
guess the only alternative I've noticed for "Christmas" is seadave's
"christmass".

Hypertweeky

Originally posted by sphyrapicus

    > Thanks DA for the correction. And yet another spelling of Kwanzaa. I
    > guess the only alternative I've noticed for "Christmas" is seadave's
    > "christmass".



    

Sphyrapicus

Originally posted by Hypertweeky

    >

Hyper! Now you're going to be in trouble with the smilie police!!
    :scared:



Malvo was the "son" and co-conspirator with John Muhammad in the sniper
shootings that happened in Virginia and the Washington DC area. They
allegedly killed 10 people and injured 3.

Hypertweeky

Originally posted by sphyrapicus

    > Hyper! Now you're going to be in trouble with the smilie police!!
    > :scared:


    > Malvo was the "son" and co-conspirator with John Muhammad in the
    > sniper shootings that happened in Virginia and the Washington DC area.
    > They allegedly killed 10 people and injured 3.



I dont agree with the policy



How terrible was that!!, Thanks for explaining, I just didnt remember
his name