Merry Tossmas
After watching this CitizenLink video: Merry Tossmas, I'll admit. I laughed. I am also sympathetic to the sentiments expressed in this video. It makes me angry that some people are forbidden to wish me a "Merry Christmas." To prohibit someone from saying "Merry Christmas" feels a lot like stepping onto a slope that prohibits free religious expression in this country. I believe that to the maximum extent possible we should allow the ringing of church bells, the wearing hijab, religious decorations, and other forms of religious expression.
BUT...I think there is a very big difference between being concerned when retailers prohibit the use of expressions such as "Merry Christams" and demanding that retailers call their winter marketing campaigns "Christmas" sales instead of "Holiday" sales. After all Christmas ISN'T a secular holiday and shopping really has nothing to do with it. Maybe I should prefer that retailers call it it "Holiday Shopping" so as not to confuse that with The Feast of the Nativity. Maybe those secular retailers know something that we should know. There isn't any such thing as "Christmas Shopping."
A thank you kindly to Christine at Domestic Vocation.
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When I am wished Happy Holidays, I usually respond, "Thank you! Merry Christmas." (Big smile.)
Most times, the person, who most likely was told to nix the Christmas talk, will smile back and say exactly the same thing to me. I've instructed my children to do the same, though Big Girl insists, "It's stupid to tell them not to say 'Christmas!' What do they THINK we're celebrating??"
On the other hand, our town has a Christmas Parade (complete with Santa at the end) and a Christmas in ******** the next day. As a matter of fact, Little Girl will be dancing in the Gingerbread Festival that is a part of it. So around here, our mayor lights a Christmas tree and says that he wishes us all a Merry Christmas and hopes that God blesses us in the new year.
Really.
BTW, I'm probably heading to Texas in January. And that is not a happy thing. But we'll chat about that elsewhere. (Comment this)