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War on Christmas

The first ten times or so that some clerk tells me "Merry Christmas!', doesn't really bother me. After that, I tend to tell them "Happy Hanukah" or "Merry Kwanza" back and watch them do a double-take. Make them think for a second...

Just because I happen to be in a mall or superstore doing some harmless shopping during November and/or December doesn't mean I'm doing any Christmas shopping! Oy veh Maria!
 
Actually that should be "exclusive" and "inclusive" rather than "exclusionary" and "inclusionary"

What, do you sepos have a Lets Make Up New Words Day or something?
 
Darth Rotor said:
If there is to be a war on Christmas, that would necessitate bombing the North Pole. Would that break up the ice pack and lead to rising sea levels? :eek: Would it kill innocent polar bears and seals?

Has anyone really thought this through?

DR
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This is America! Thinking things through is for the Europeans....
 
It's interesting to see holiday names, which are so arbitrary, being taken so seriously. We still use the Pagan word for the vernal equinox, "Easter", so why be so stuck on "Christmas"?

The German word for Christmas, "Weihnachts", was apparently derived from "Holy Night" -- sort of like "holiday"?
 
This is one of those issues where both sides are equally nutty.
 
The Mutha said:
The first ten times or so that some clerk tells me "Merry Christmas!', doesn't really bother me. After that, I tend to tell them "Happy Hanukah" or "Merry Kwanza" back and watch them do a double-take. Make them think for a second...

Just because I happen to be in a mall or superstore doing some harmless shopping during November and/or December doesn't mean I'm doing any Christmas shopping! Oy veh Maria!
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I've been wishing people "Merry Walrus!" for several years now. Only two or three have noticed or reacted. People hear whatever they're expecting to hear. I may start wishing people "Merry Penis!" just to test my theory.
 
The Mutha said:
The first ten times or so that some clerk tells me "Merry Christmas!', doesn't really bother me. After that, I tend to tell them "Happy Hanukah" or "Merry Kwanza" back and watch them do a double-take. Make them think for a second...

Just because I happen to be in a mall or superstore doing some harmless shopping during November and/or December doesn't mean I'm doing any Christmas shopping! Oy veh Maria!
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I thought it was "Kwazy Kwanza".
 
Upchurch said:
He's a Culture WarriorTM
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He's also Looking Out For YouTM and bringing you the No Spin NewsTM.

I listen to him mostly for entertainment. There's just something fun about watching a self-important dope make an ass out himself over and over again while calling everyone else a pinhead.

Come on, everybody! Buy his book and keep him in business with me! :)

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I can't stand that o'reely guy... That said...

Personally I don't take issue with someone saying "Merry Christmas" and in cases where it's clear they are only trying to be polite, I think it IS insane to get offended about it. Say what you want, I get your point. I also won't get offended if someone says Happy and any other religiously specific holiday around that time. The exception to this is those people who say it not to be nice but to "make a point". Then it's not being polite, it's being rude. Didn't come here to have a forced "MERRY CHRISMAS, CRHIIIIISTMAS, not HOLIDAYS!" as though everyone is against you.

By the same token though, plenty of people say "Happy Holidays" and mean nothing by it. It's just being polite, and in my opinion, it is more inclusive and being non-religious I say that myself now. And by the same token, the exception is the person forcing it out at people in a "preachy" tone and pretty much destroying any well wishing the term would normally entone.

All that just to say "be polite and don't get so offended all the time"? Has it come to this?

If a store decides to wish me a merry christmas, I don't mind. If they say happy holidays, all the better, but it's up to them. Let them say what they will and let the customers decide.

Basically this guys confuses avoiding offending people with bending over backwards to accomodate them.
 
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You haven't seen offended until you've actually pissed in someone's corkflakes.
 
Upchurch said:
I was going to ask if was that time of the season again, but isn't that a clip from last year?
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I, too, noticed that Bruce quoted a clip from 2005, but I thought he was doing it to be ironic given that in 2005, Bill O'Reilly used a Daily Show clip from 2004 to complain about the secularization of Christmas.
 
Ladewig said:
I, too, noticed that Bruce quoted a clip from 2005, but I thought he was doing it to be ironic given that in 2005, Bill O'Reilly used a Daily Show clip from 2004 to complain about the secularization of Christmas.
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Yes, it was an old quote, but he's blowing the same horn again this year, and blowing it hard. :D

The irony was unintentional, but I'm glad you noticed. ;)
 
brodski said:
Not all elves are theists, but the green robes give it away. Good god, you're so ignorant of other cultures, aren't you. :p
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I learn something new every day. My ships never made port calls at the North Pole, so I never had the chance to immerse myself in elfin civilization . . . ya know, bars, hookers, pool halls. :cool:

DR
 
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