We can't say Merry Christmas now we have to say Happy Holidays. We can't call it a Christmas tree, it's now called a Holiday tree? Because it might offend someone. If you don't like our "Customs" and it offends you so much then GO HOME. I will help you pack. They are called customs and we have our traditions If you... agree with this...please post this as your status!! I AM A PROUD AMERICAN CITIZEN... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Okay people, you are starting to piss me off big time! I've already responded to a few people about this but now it's time to blog about it. First and foremost, If you are an American, at some point, either 50 or 100 or 400 years ago, unless you're native American, your ancestors were immigrants. There is a good chance no one told them to "Go back where you came from", although admittedly, that xenophobia has existed for too many years.
When you make this ridiculous statement above, who exactly are you talking to? Illegal Aliens? OK, maybe it's a legit complaint. Some say they take away our jobs but guess what, it's the greedy employers who hire them at sub standard wage. Are you talking to people who are Pagan, Muslim, Buddhist or Jewish? Guess what, none of them celebrate Christmas or have a Christmas tree. Pagans call it Yule and they have a tree - the very concept others call a "Christmas tree."
I'm Jewish, and it no longer bothers me when people say Merry Christmas to me. I politely tell them, thank you but it's not my holiday. I figure, it's said in the spirit of the holiday and that's fine. I don't have a holiday tree, or what most people call a Christmas tree, and I won't call it a Chanukah bush. I personally have not adopted the pagan tradition of having an evergreen in their home around the time of the Winter Solstice.
I go around town to see the holiday lights because they are quite beautiful. If they have a Christian message, so what? Everyone has a right in this country to believe what they want. I listen to Christmas music because it's good music. Not all types of course, I mean "Adeste Fideles", "The First Noel", "Silent Night" and "Do You Hear What I Hear" have a clear Christian message and that's simply not me. However, I listen to the festive music and the rock music because it celebrates the holiday. Although, to be honest (as if I wouldn't be anyway) I wish that "peace On Earth" and "Goodwill To Humankind" was an everyday thing, not just around the end of December.
The reality is, I believe this is targeted at Muslim Extremists, who are trying to Islamify the US in addition to the rest of the world. They simply don't get it. The US is the great melting pot, made up of many different people and many different beliefs. This extremism shit must end, and now.
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