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Today’s Northeast Times letters page continues to astound. You know how this works: Crazy Northeast Philly residents sent in letters, and this paper prints ‘em all. A sampling from this week:
Don’t discriminate against Christians
Christmas is an important Christian celebration, but there seems to be a movement in this country to remove the spirit of Christmas as well as its name from society.
Several large retailers, who benefit greatly from sales during this time of year, have taken anti-Christmas steps. They have refused/decided not to use the words Merry Christmas in their advertisements or in their stores. [...]
The Christmas tree is a European tradition brought to America by immigrants and symbolizes everlasting life (ties to Jesus Christ), since it stays green even in the darkest winter.
There would be no Christmas without Christ. In my humble opinion, those who wrote the Constitution never intended the “establishment clause” to be interpreted to ban the meaning of Christmas.
Woah woah woah. There would be no Christmas without Christ?
What is troubling, however, is his exposé of the anti-Christmas stance of many major retailers, especially in light of the next letter:
The retailers that stole Hanukkah
Why is it that major retail chains Wal-Mart, Kmart and Target have decided not to sell one thing for the holiday of Hanukkah? Aisles and aisles of Christmas stuff are all around, but not even a dreidel can be found at these retail stores. At each store I asked, I was told that they had no Hanukkah items and would not be getting any in.
WHAT??!! So you mean to tell me that they feel that Hanukkah is not a holiday worth selling items for?
Jesus. (No pun intended.) So these stores hate both Hanukkah and Christmas? There really is a conspiracy!
Letters 12.8 [Northeast Times]
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From what I’ve noticed there seem to be segments of the retail kingdom that can be divided into different camps on these issues. Yes, you have the Christmas killers, but you also have the Hanukkah haters. It often varies from store to store.
What most of these stores have in common, regardless of their position on Christmas or Hanukkah, is a near-universal disrespect for Kwanzaa.
Oh, the humanity; but on the bright side, these arguments should return to their customary 11-month hibernation period soon enough. Or not soon enough, depending on your tolerance level.
You’d probably like the snarky take here, which, among other things, points out that the switch to “happy holidays” was about the God of Commerce, before which others should bend their knees…
http://thismodernworld.com/2530