Today is Monday, September 26, 2016. For those that celebrate, that's three months until Christmas, for those that don't celebrate that's three months until everything in the U.S.A., except Asian restaurants and casinos, close down for no apparent reason.
What I'm dreading is the whole "War on Christmas" Insanity. Stores are already starting to decorate for christmas. I don't know who they think is conducting this war on christmas. The Easter Bunny? I mean you've got to admit he doesn't get nearly the play time that the fat guy does.
"The average American will spend $700 on holiday gifts and goodies this year, totaling more than $465 billion." Diane Sawyer, ABC
Unless those billions are being spent on surface-to-air missiles to shoot Santa out of the sky, I'm pretty sure Christmas is safe.
That is coming from an atheist who *loves* Christmas, both Santa and Baby Jesus. I own a Christmas tree, more decorations than will fit on it, more lights than I can fit outside and a couple of creches. One was my mother's it is plastic and bought at a "5 and dime" their first Christmas together. Last I remember, there was one sheep left in it and nothing else.
Asking people not to put up religious displays on public property is not an attack on Christmas or Christianity. Allowing them to be there while other religions are denied the same right is an attack on our Constitution. if you want to live somewhere where one religion rules the entire nation, try Iran or Saudi Arabia.
I saw the oddest thing a few years ago. I was waiting in line at J.C.Penneys a couple of days before Thanksgiving. The fact that our cashier is working in sales during the holiday season is, I'm pretty sure, a violation of the Geneva Conventions in and of itself. Still, she's doing fine and the line is moving quickly. Then she hands an older woman her package and says with the required smile which is probably another Geneva violation, "Happy Holidays!" The customer/hellspawn snatches the bag and says in very deliberate syllables, "Mer. Ry. Christ. Mas." Then stormed off. The cashier just stood there in shock until the guy in front of me, who was next in line said, "Odd, she's not celebrating Thanksgiving or New Years." The cashier started giggling.
I just don't get it. This idea that your opinion of yourself and your beliefs can be validated or in this case invalidated by a total stranger just doing her job. It's not the cashier's job to pat you on the head and confirm you're a good Christian and Christmas is the only true holiday.
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