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snake284
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When they say "Happy Holiday" I want to say "Ba Humbug!"
snake284
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If I get one more call from a politician or a telemarketer, wishing me a "Happy Holiday" Instead of Merry Christmas I'm going to scream BA Humbug! I hate it. They want to be so PC because they're afraid they're gonna offend somebody! I say "Screw It! This is Christmas, the reason for the Season!
If somebody doesn't want to celebrate Christmas and the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ I say fine. But don't expect me to change the name of our holiday and our traditions over it. They sure as hell ain't worried about offending Christians in the Middle East during Ramadan. We couldn't even drink water or chew gum in Kuwait during Ramadan. So I say heck with them, I'm not going to hide my traditions and change them because it offends some that I celebrate something my religion has been celebrating for over 2000 years!
And I don't want to hear that Horse Hockey about freedom of religion. All that was about was not having one church being another arm of the Government. To anybody with a functional brain it is evident. But the party of no and our Commie Media keep spinning and Spinning things until the asleep masses believe it. That's called Brain Washing and Joseph Goebbels didn't have crap on our main stream media at that game.
I just saw a news clip of Michelle Obama with her kids on TV with Santa Clause at the White House with a big old tree and the whole 9 yards, and to think she supports the party of No! No more Christmas!!!
Shame on us all if we allow the Muslims, Atheist or whoever to change our basic values and holidays.
Back when this country was founded people actually believed in God and were mainly Christian. I will be the first to defend a person's right to not believe in anything i do Except this country, but I do demand that they honor or at least respect the values this country was founded upon and at least acknowledge that fact.
If somebody doesn't want to celebrate Christmas and the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ I say fine. But don't expect me to change the name of our holiday and our traditions over it. They sure as hell ain't worried about offending Christians in the Middle East during Ramadan. We couldn't even drink water or chew gum in Kuwait during Ramadan. So I say heck with them, I'm not going to hide my traditions and change them because it offends some that I celebrate something my religion has been celebrating for over 2000 years!
And I don't want to hear that Horse Hockey about freedom of religion. All that was about was not having one church being another arm of the Government. To anybody with a functional brain it is evident. But the party of no and our Commie Media keep spinning and Spinning things until the asleep masses believe it. That's called Brain Washing and Joseph Goebbels didn't have crap on our main stream media at that game.
I just saw a news clip of Michelle Obama with her kids on TV with Santa Clause at the White House with a big old tree and the whole 9 yards, and to think she supports the party of No! No more Christmas!!!
Shame on us all if we allow the Muslims, Atheist or whoever to change our basic values and holidays.
Back when this country was founded people actually believed in God and were mainly Christian. I will be the first to defend a person's right to not believe in anything i do Except this country, but I do demand that they honor or at least respect the values this country was founded upon and at least acknowledge that fact.
Daddy, what's an enabler?
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
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"Happy Holidays"
And yeah, I don't do that to salespeople or others who are generally greeting the public -- most of them have to hew to a non-sectarian script.
But generally, snake, I agree.
For me, and I freely admit to being partisan, Christmas for me is principally religious. That's how I survive the artificial hoopla and over-commercialism -- by putting it into 2nd place behind the true message. And last night, when I attended Christmas Eve high Mass at my snooty (not really) Episcopal church I was totally immersed in the genuine Christmas spirit.
Yeah Sam, that's what I'm talkin about. I want to ask which one and say "you know there's about 12-14 official holidays, which one you talking about?"
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Yeah I want to tell them off, but you're right, they have probably been coached to say it like that on condition of employment.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Yeah me too Sam. My favorite priest did the Mass last night. I was into it pretty good too. I love Mass on Christmas Eve more than any other time of the year.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
I'm pretty sure that's actually down to a 23.5 degree planetary axial tilt. If you want to call that the "Christmas List", you go right ahead.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
People are so afraid of offending someone - to them I say "get a life!".
So what then WOULD be the appropriate response from those that don't have holy days, or have different ones? I doubt "Happy Paid Day Off" would go over any better. Such is the risk of attempting to sell religion and politics to people who REALLY aren't interested in buying - people get uncomfortable and offended on either side. Odd that so many who seem to have a decent understanding of keeping it to themselves eleven months out of the year get wiggy about it on the twelfth.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
Here's the deal....I couldn't care less what holiday folks celebrate, or if they celebrate at all. Me wishing someone else happy holidays is me saying "Hey, it's the end of the year, it's the holiday SEASON, I hope that whatever good stuff you wanted to happen during the holiday season, happened."
If someone is such a whiny little bitch that they take offense at me wishing them a happy holiday, they can go take a flying fornication at a rolling donut.
Seriously, how can you get pissy at someone WHO HOPES YOU HAVE A NICE DAY?!!!
What. In. The. Actual. Pluck?
― Douglas Adams
A billion Chinese who remember the Boxer Rebellion. The rest of us just say Happy Holidays.
JAY
You don't know the man or the circumstances nor the history.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
This reminds me of something. I have a dance sister and troupe leader who is a Witch, but not a Wiccan (Kinda like the difference between an Episcopalian and an Anglican, some, but not a lot) - what I call "generic, no-name 'Goddess'" worship. She says when someone tells her "God Bless" she takes it in the spirit in which it was meant, and will return "God Bless" to them. Its all in the context.
paraphrased Jackie Gleason joke.....
I don't know what he's been drinking, get me a case of it, I'd like to get loaded too !
Blood and sand......... back to the cave for me, Ugg.
I said that in front of a Filipino woman we had known for years and she thought I was calling her a cousin of Breamfisher.
Seems our society worries about the FEW and not the Majority anymore with all this PC baloney. They don't like it.........too bad...... tough teats , life is hard.
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