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Originally Posted by RachelandSadie  i agree with Brit a lot on this subject. having worked in daycare it pissed me off to no end we could teach them everything about Santa and Christmas trees, but nothing about God or Jesus' birth. In school history classes you can learn just about every religion on earth BUT Christianity. something is wrong with that. if you are going to say NO personal or religious beliefs then outlaw ALL of them. Santa included. or let us show them EVERYTHING we can about all the different ways to celebrate Christmas season and get over it. if people don't like it, don't participate, but don't make everyone else feel glum and horrible for their beliefs or celebrations. i mean it's like on "Outsourced" he doesn't go over there to India and tell them he's offended by all their holidays the same as they don't get all upset that he celebrates his holiday from the USA. we need to learn that it's OK to be who we are no matter what that is and accept all things from all sides. don't rule out or abbolish someone's beliefs unless they are causing physical harm to someone else or totally illegal and unethical...nothing about Christmas and Jesus IMO can become unethical and dangerous or hazardous to others so why worry about being politically correct. let's just celebrate and enjoy it.
and one more thing. i HATE the Xmas thing. that's the rudest thing a person can do is to completely remove Christ's name from the word and X him out of it. it's his birthday. you wouldn't call George Washington's Birthday X-day would you? |
I know a lot of people hate the Xmas thing, but it was started by the church. X is the Greek symbol of Chi which stand for Christ, and mas is the old English word for mass. So it just means the mass of Christ. They have been using this term for a long long time, way before we ever started talking about Santa Claus, or took Christ out of Christmas.
Interesting tidbit, say the word "Saint Nicolas" with a German accent, and you get something that sounds like "San Niclaus" = Santa Claus.
My personal pet peeve this time of year is "Holliday Trees."