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Canice70 51M
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12/21/2009 12:45 pm

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I've been hearing conservative commentators lately refer to the secular "war on Xmas" in this country and even crowing about how they forced Wal-MArt to allow their employees to wish customers "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays."
What kind of war is that? The very same people who decry the commercialization of their sacred holiday are complainig that one of the corporations most responsible for this commercialization isn't making them feel good about their holiday?
So Wal-MArt and Macy's are apparently hurting the self-esteem of Christians in America...

The problem with the Bible-thumpers is that they interpret the fact that Christmas is a federal holiday as some government sanctioned acknowledgment that we're a "Christian" country.

While it is true that 85% of the country identifies itself as Christian in one form or another, I don't think that the feds made it a national day off just because most people would take the day anyway or because we're an inherently Christian country.

If you look at other holidays that we get, most of them celebrate people who have made a lasting, powerful impact on our culture and our national consciousness. We celebrate Columbus because he brought news of the New World to a Europe still trying to emerge from medieval society, not because he discovered America (and certainly not for the genocide he committed against the Arawaks on Hispaniola.)

Similarly, we honor Washington and Lincoln for their unequivocal impact on the founding and preservation of our union, just as Memorial Day and Veterans Day serve to remind us of our war dead and those who fought for our country in times of war.

None of these dates are designed to deify the people honored, any more than Halloween is our honoring the Celtic gods at Samhain, which is the pagan ritual on which our trick or treating is based. Lots of of every denomination take part and it has no effect on our religious freedom.

So, conversely, it would seem that the purpose of having Christmas be a federal holiday is our way of acknowledging the spirit of a great philosopher who preached Peace above all else. Whether you worship him as the of God or not (and I don't!) it seems to me that taking one day out of the year to remember a man who died for his beliefs and refused to do violence, even towards those who would kill him, is a perfectly valid message to send nationwide.

Isn't that the same reason we have Martin Luther King Day?

We spend so little time reflecting on what's really important in this country.

There is no 'war on Xmas' except in the conniving half-witted bunch of talking heads who are trying to drum up ratings for their tiresome forums.

Peace be with you.

"Happy Xmas-War is Over."
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