We are entering the annual season of political McCartyism, also known as Christmas. It’s at this time every year that we hear all sorts of absurd political correctness about Christmas. Christmas become “The Holidays”. Merry Christmas becomes Happy Holidays. TV stations replace traditional “Merry Christmas” advertising with “Happy Channukah” or Kwaanza.
Here’s a story I did not know about (surprising with my knowledge of World War II history).It’s about the Halifax Explosion where a ship carrying TNT and other explosive supplies needed for the war in Europe was inadvertently put on a collision course with another ship. The resulting explosion devastated the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since then, Halifax has had a time honored tradition of providing a “Christmas Tree” to the city of Boston, from whom most of the aid and assistance came from. You can read the story about the Halifax Explosion for yourself.
Apparently, Boston is playing PC with the tradition:
bq. Although bursting with good intentions, the Massachusetts Department of Parks and Recreation did not want to offend non-Christians and took it upon itself to give the gift a new moniker – ‘Holiday Tree’. One would suppose their goal was to reach out to all of Boston’s population, regardless of faith or religion. On the surface, this seemed like an admirable gesture. Then again, ‘New Coke’ had the same objective in 1985. At least for Coca-Cola, its pursuits did not tread into the holy waters of religion, although after tasting the concoction, only a deity would know what it contained, but that’s another entry.
Ridiculous
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In a world so torn apart by by everything that Jesus espoused , should we not extend an appreciation to those who do not know xmas, and who participate in public life?
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