Ok this is going to damn far
By devilsangel
@devilsangel (1817)
United States
December 11, 2007 8:26pm CST
Ok I'm getting really tired of people screwing up Christmas. You know what I'm not a Christian but I like Christmas and I'm getting tired of these folks tearing it apart piece by piece. First they make it so kids can't have Christmas parties at school, then they make it so they don't have the Christmas program anymore. Then they said Santa was to fat and put him on a diet, now he can't say ho ho ho. What next? We cookies and cakes? I mean seriously they are destroying one of the few Childhood memories kids have that are great and joyful.
If you're not Christian fine, neither am I but you don't see me trying to destroy tradition. You don't see Christians trying to destroy Kwanzaa or folk's pilgramage to Mecca, you don't see them stopping Chanukah do you? So back the hell off and stop killing Christmas.
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
12 Dec 07
I agree! and as you know I'm not a Christian either but I too think ppl just take it way too far..I just started a thread this mornign about the crap that went on in a county not too far from me over a nativity scene display....Its sick IMO how ppl can't just hang up their b.s FOR ONE MONTH thats..just a freakin month...hang up your b.s and enjoy the damn holidays and let others do the same!
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
12 Dec 07
"Hell I'm not Irish but you don't see me protesting St Patricks Day. "
LOL but you KNOW somewhere some pathetic sod DOES protest it..thats the sick thing...Some ppl for whatever retarded reason have a need to meddle and mess with ANYTHING that they arent a part of or just dont get..Its crap as far as I'm concerned....
I'll tell ya, I knwo that my kids were totally bummed when they had their first Halloween and Xmas here and found out that the school doesnt do anything for it..Especially my daughter who was in Elementary school at the time...She was use to having a dress up halloween party and a Christmas party at school back home..Even now that they are both older the kids are kinda bummed that its such a touchy thing over here....
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@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
12 Dec 07
I just don't get it I really don't. I mean I'm no where near being Christian but I still enjoy the Christmas programs that the schools use to do. I also enjoy the decorations that were put up. Hell I just got finished making a Christmas CD that has mostly traditional Christmas music on it. Oh Holy night is still one of my favorite Christmas songs. I refuse to be like the rest of these little freaks and get all bent out of shape over a holiday thats suppose to represent peace and joy.
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@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
12 Dec 07
It's getting on my nerves. All the people complaining about saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.. well if you want to Say Merry Christmas then say it but I'll say Happy Holidays. I mean hell whats the big damn deal. If they want to put up a Nativity scene then let em. If they want to put up a giant Santa then let em. Its the freaking holidays. Folks should just let people decorate and be happy. If its not your thing fine, just stop trying to destroy it for everyone. Hell I'm not Irish but you don't see me protesting St Patricks Day.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
12 Dec 07
Hurray for you!!! Now put that up in a blimp and send it over a football game for everyone to see....maybe someone will pay attention. You are so right!!! I'm Christian and don't bother anyone who celebrates their holidays and would never try to change anything. People need to have a little bit more tolerance of each other don't they?
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@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
12 Dec 07
I'm just tired of having to give up part of one of the few holidays that I truely enjoy. Christmas was the one time of the that as a child everything seemed at its best. Why are people trying to kill that for other generations. I don't want my children to grow up not knowing the magic of Christmas and all the joy it can bring.
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@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
13 Dec 07
Truth be told I don't really care to much about Easter.. its not a holiday I celebrate so it doesn't matter to me one way or another what happens. I'm not Christian but to be honest Christmas isn't just a Christian holiday.. it has pagan roots and even for those who don't have a religion one way or another its the time of year where you can be young again. The whole season in general is suppose to promote love and peace... yet little by little its being taken apart.
@peni88 (469)
• United States
12 Dec 07
horray for you!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant believe how people can screw the holidays up. especially the govornment. i thought this country was a free one. big brother is watching way to much. its to politically correct. this country is getting to the point that we arent going to be able to do anything. poor santa, my god we already cant say merry christmas. what is going on with our govornment that they can have so much power that they totally take over our lives? now in austrailia santa cant even say hohoho. something that he was doing when all these govornment officials were children. afraid of degrading women? what the ?!@#$?
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
12 Dec 07
The people you are referring to must be very mean-spirited and cannot bear see other people being happy and joyful. What terribly sad, lonely lives they must have they deserve to have a real scary "Scrooge" type experience maybe that would help.
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@betsyraeduke (2670)
• United States
14 Dec 07
I know how you feel. I recently attended my children's school Christmas program.....Well, it was called a Christmas program, but they sang the A,B,C song, the Itsy Bitsy Spider and something about a rabbit......Don't ask me what any of that has to do with Christmas! When we asked about it later, we were told that they don't sing Christmas songs anymore in order to be fair to the families that do not celebrate Christmas. Well, that is wonderful for them.....but what about all the families that do?!
@star106525 (5)
• United States
15 Dec 07
it is so sad... you can't even bake cookies or cupcakes for school parties anymore! they have to be store bought! what is this world coming to .... watch out what you say you might get sued!!!!! unbelieveable
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@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
14 Dec 07
I'm thinking the families that don't celebrate christmas aren't comming to the program so what does it matter. That drives me nuts it really does. If you don't celebrate christmas why in the hell would you go to a schools christmas program just to complain that its a christmas program. Jerks.
@betsyraeduke (2670)
• United States
15 Dec 07
I agree with you, Devilsangle, when I said, "that's wonderful for them", I was being sarcastic. lol
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@dmm1932 (46)
• United States
13 Dec 07
I am glad to see that I'm no the only one that feels this way. I am a Christian, but a firm believer in equal rights for everyone. We should all be allowed to celebrate according to our beliefs. After all, we are in America, right? In my opinion, this goes right along with taking the Pledge of Allegiance out of schools. Political correctness gone way too far. Hopefully common sense prevails.
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@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
13 Dec 07
Yea that drove me nuts...I remember when I was in school they even gave you the option of not saying it.. all you had to do was stand when everyone else did. As long as you stood quietly while those who wanted to said the pledge then all was good. SO what if it says "One Nation Under God" God can be anything.. its God as you know him/her. As a military vet that seriously p*ssed me off.
@rosey3223 (1566)
• United States
12 Dec 07
Are you friggin serious on the whole "Santa on a diet" thing...that is so stupid!! That is what he is known for, his big rosey cheeks and being jolly Saint Nick!! Well, if they do that then they need to re-write all of those stories that are ages old of how holly and jolly and "fat" he is! And to me, there is no point in having to go through all that. He is known for being fat, just leave him. It's not like he is setting a bad example!!!!!!!
I completely see your point, in my own defense I just don't have the money to do any real celebrating, but that doesn't mean that I am going to stomp all over it. What gets me, is that my oldest son's class is having a party and they want $8 from each student for a party and a present...I don't have that!! And then they want $5 from each student just to get the teacher a present!! I understand what an outstanding job she is doing and every teacher needs to be treated that way...but 5 bucks? That's $13 we don't have. Before it was the teacher that handed out the presents and the kids bought the gifts if they could and a $2 donation towards the party, or just provide some sort of party food, ya know!! It's so ridiculous now!!
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
13 Dec 07
Hoo~AH Devilsangel!!!
To me, Christmas is the ultimate Everyone holiday. It has Christ for the Christians, flavors with Trees, Yule Logs and other trappings of Pagan lore, Santa Claus for the atheists and agnostics among us, and wasn't Jesus a Jew? So throw up a Minnorah and Viola... A Holiday for Everyone.
Heck, we could even put Thor somewhere in there in case anyone still worships him and Odin. ;~D
@star106525 (5)
• United States
13 Dec 07
I am so glad that someone brought this up!!! Come on now Santa not being able to say Ho! Ho! Ho!....... that is just crazy. How far is this stuff going to go! You can't even say Merry Christmas it has to be Happy Holidays!
@UnselfishShellfish (1306)
• United States
12 Dec 07
Dev, you are right. It's not Happy Holidays. It's MERRY CHRISTMAS.
It's not a winter tree. It's a Christmas tree.
It's not winter break. It's CHRISTMAS break.
And for the love of all things holy, it's not X-mas. It's CHRISTmas. Quit taking Christ out of Christmas.
Just like you said, Christians don't do those things to Muslims or anyone else, but maybe we aught to start.
