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Merry Christmas, everyone ... or else!!!  [message #47631] Sat, 22 December 2007 04:27 Go to previous message
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This post is triggered by Nigel's understated response on Uncle Jim's thread; because of what I've just posted on that thread I thought I'd better start a new one.

I just want to issue a formal warning that anyone who wishes me 'Happy Holidays' or any similarly anodyne greeting exposes themselves to the risk of severe verbal attack!

In the UK - and presumably in the USA and in every other nominally Christian country - the season that the vast majority of the population is about to celebrate is CHRISTMAS.

Most of you know that I am not a believer in the Christian - or for that matter any other - religion. That has nothing whatsoever to do with the issue. Nor does the fact that in the European tradition the early Church hijacked Yule, the pre-Christian celebration of the Winter Solstice. What's important is that Christmas is a centuries-old part of our heritage. I'm not wildly enthusiastic about the commercial aspects of Christmas, but I love the decorations, the lights, the carols. I even love the traditional Midnight Mass of the Nativity; you don't need to believe in the detail to be moved by the ceremonial.

I don't object in the slightest to members of other religions and cultures celebrating their own festivals in their own way; I think that most people take a similar view. But I am absolutely opposed to the politically correct policy of appeasing non-Christians by de-Christianising the Christmas period. It is not merely wrong, it's crassly stupid. If our culture has a future in this increasingly confrontational world, we need to continue to celebrate our history and our folklore, and those who choose to live amongst us ought - no, must - be expected to treat our customs with every bit as much tolerance as they expect us to extend to theirs.

So, unless you are a member of a non-Christian religion, let's have no more of that 'Winter Festival' rubbish. It's time for 'Silent Night', 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' ... AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!

Of course, you may not agree - but if so, don't just say no, say why!


For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
 
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