December 14, 2010
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Happy Everything!
Once again we have gotten to that time of year when conservative Christians whine and bitch about how the liberals are having a war on Christmas. One of my friends is among those conservatives and as I hear from her and so many like her is that she doesn’t care what may offend anybody else; she will say Merry Christmas instead of happy holidays no matter what. Another thing I hear is that companies and communities and others have to change it to Happy Holidays because they might offend somebody. Honestly, have you ever heard of anybody getting offended or raising a big stink people somebody wishes them a Merry Christmas? I’ve never heard somebody get upset over that. Ever. I’ve never heard stories about it. Ever. And being an Atheist myself, I don’t get offended when people wish me a Merry Christmas. Hell, sometimes I even say it right back.
So what is the problem with these conservatives? It’s like they can’t understand or refuse to accept that oh, not everybody celebrates Christmas. They don’t make the connection that wishing Merry Christmas to a Jew or Muslim doesn’t make the least bit of sense. It’s like they say “Oh, there goes Louis Farrakhan, let me go wish him a Merry Christmas!” Shit, could you imagine if every day during Ramadan Muslims wished them a Happy Ramadan or whatever it is that they say to each other during Ramadan.
Also, they fail to realize that this time of year, Christmas is everyfuckingwhere. Every where you turn, there is Christmas, smacking you in the face. On the radio, on the tv, driving down the street, at work, in stores, hospitals, shit pretty much literally everywhere. But yet they get pissed when they hear the term Happy Holidays, you know, almost as if somebody is telling them to go fuck their mother. I don’t know about you, but ever since I was a kid the term Happy Holidays has been around. And I mean going back like 30 years or more. But yet, for some reason, this means that there has been a war declared on Christmas.
If you ask me, the only one who should be declaring a war on Christmas is Thanksgiving, every year Thanksgiving loses out more and more to Christmas. So on behalf of Thanksgiving, here is a fair and fond “Fuck You” to Christmas.
Comments (2)
I don’t think it’s a bad thing when someone says Merry Christmas. I think it’s a bad thing when they go on a rampage about how they should be able to say Merry Christmas! It’s a phrase, just like Happy Holidays.
I LOVE THANKSGIVING AND I WANT TO JOIN THIS WAR ON ITS SIDE!
Oh two jobs is too stressful, but I’ll be starting again in January.. but only ten hours of doing taxes. I am not in school right now, I left halfway though last semester and took this semester off because of my kidneys and all the time I was spending at the doctor
I hate it man. I hate not being in school!
ALL HAIL THANKSGIVING!!!!
I hope you get better real soon and are able to return. Although clearly its none of my business but………….what is wrong with your kidneys if you don’t mind me asking?