The "inclusive" argument is so absurd -- I am a religious Jew and cannot even fathom being offended or feeling "not included" by an invitation to a Christmas party -- that there have to be other, or at least additional, reasons for the left's neutering of Christmas.
There are.
The article begins, "Many on the left", without saying how many hundreds, thousands, or millions this word represents. It then goes on to assume that the word "Many" assumes a stance by "The left", as if it some massive half of us -- this without saying how many on "the right" or in "the middle" would agree with some of the attitudes like the one where a city may call the end-of-year school suspension, "winter break" instead of "Christmas vacation". And then the people who are scattered along the bell curve or whatever, or maybe there's a vision of two bell curves to the right and then to the left of center, who may say "winter break at times and Christmas vacation at others. It's a sloppy essay that cannot make its case but wants to draw battle lines.
ReplyDeleteLike most in "the middle" I spend Christmas with and wish "Merry Christmas" to people. I may also respond, "Happy Holidays" to someone who has greeted me so.
If I took a poll of my friends and extended family whom I spend Christmas with, I would think that we would have a fair representation of mostly all well-meaning political slants. As we all know, many on the left are Christians, by the tons of millions, and many non-Christians celebrate Christmas. I am blessed to be surrounded by people of all skin pigmentations and religions, many Jews among us, many spiritual people and atheists too.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Kwanzaa too, and enjoy the kids while school is out.
Well, if you come upon someone on the right wanting us not to say Merry Christmas, let me know.
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