I got one of those chain e-mails saying that "we" have to take back Christmas! Because all of this "Happy Holidays" business is breaking little 8 pound 6 oz. baby Jesus! Seriously, the e-mail urged it's recipients to send Christmas cards to the ACLU (the people who deliver doom and destruction) in order to backlog their mail room. I'm still not sure what the actual logic was there, but hey, I'm all for wishing the ACLU Happy Holidays. Er, Merry Christmas, I mean.
Dear people who are angry that they are sometimes told to have Happy Holidays when they check out at the local Wal-Mart ... it's not that us non-Christians are trying to keep you down. (Yes, I know that as a majority, it's hard for you.) Instead, you were probably wished Happy Holidays because there's a chance that Christmas isn't the holiday you celebrate. Unless you're wearing a red sweater with Rudolph on it accompanied by a Merry Christmas! broach, it's hard to tell. You could celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or nothing at all. It's a broad way of saying, "Hey, whatever your winter thing, I hope it's a good one." It's not a disrespect to you or Jesus. It's an attempt to be inclusive.
If you don't like it, try giving the neon sign above your head that reads "Christian" a wack, because maybe we can't see it.
