With thousands of cashier drawers making that funny opening/closing sound every second another Christmas season has begun and almost ended. I haven't been in the Christmas mood at all this year. No shopping, no lights, no Christmas treats, and no bad Christmas films... I simply just don't have it in me.
The older I grow the more aware I become of the public's insane attitude toward the holiday season. It all just makes me a little sick. One such attitude that I’ve been noticing is the strangely aggressive intolerance. It's actually become comical in a way, when I tell someone "happy holidays" they reply "MERRY CHRISTMAS!" loudly and full of fire. They might as well not say anything; it would have the same affect.
Ok, first let me just specify that I do not understand peoples' dilemma with words. Everyone is so easily offended by EVERYTHING! We have a million southeastern Americans calling the Middle Eastern population "towel heads", yet they can't bear to be wished anything but MERRY CHRISTMAS. It's expected but no less unfortunate. I was listening to the talk radio station my bosses were playing on Tuesday; it was something really conservative and backwards. The speaker was on some religious soap box about how other religions have basically come to America to destroy Christmas (consumerism beat 'em to it, sorry.) Oh!!! He also said gays were doing the same but I’ll save that for another time...What is certifiably religious about Christmas anymore? Jesus wasn't crucified on a Christmas tree to be resurrected as Santa Clause only to bring us what videogame we want regardless of if we've been good or bad.
In fact, most of what we associate as part of Christmas is pagan anyway... I won't get on my own soapbox about how religion is halting our progression in becoming a smarter more civilized society, because that’s not my point.
Why does it matter!?!?!? That’s my point.
How does it affect you if I celebrate Kwanza, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, or whatever??? Wishing someone "happy holidays" is the most neutral wish ever. If you're offended by "happy holidays" than you're an idiot who has spent their entire life under a rock and who no business talking to anyone about anything, because you simply don't know how to communicate...
Spend the holidays with your family; don’t spend it feeling threatened by an idea that has such little involvement in your life.
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