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Date Posted: 06:37:52 12/09/05 Fri
Author: Joy
Subject: Re: Christmas or Holidays?
In reply to: John B. 's message, "Re: Christmas or Holidays?" on 21:03:17 12/08/05 Thu

I don't think anyone is saying that its oversensitive, just that we're to the point where you're careful to even say Merry Christmas. That's different - even when I was a child, shop keepers and strangers would say "Merry Christmas!" Now, you dare not do that. As a teacher, I have taught in schools that no longer let the kids celebrate any type of holiday for fear of offending someone. Yes, that's oversensitive not to mention sad for the kids.








>Do you really think it is oversensitive to acknowledge
>that not everyone is a Christian? I know that if I
>were Jewish or Hindu or Buddhist, I would get awfully
>tired of hearing a greeting that assumes that
>Christians are the only people who celebrate a winter
>solstice holiday. Especially since the Catholic Church
>intentionally chose that date to celebrate Christmas
>because it DID coincide with other major solstice
>holidays. Aside from the creche scenes, nearly every
>other major symbol of Christmas is a holdover from
>other cultures, which are then excluded because "they
>are too sensitive." Yeesh!

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