Unless I’m Jewish…
Great Facebook Post of the week: Picture saying “It’s Merry Christmas, not Happy Holidays!” Second comment on the picture “unless I’m Jewish…”
To start things off, I’m not Jewish. I believe in Christmas, but I also have enough world knowledge and common sense to know that not everyone celebrates Christmas or believes that Jesus is as great as I do. That being said, I’m not going to tell someone Merry Christmas during the WHOLE month of December. It’s not Christmas yet, and frankly after you’ve told me Merry Christmas 858593 times, by the time Christmas actually gets here, I’m over it.
I’m also not going to tell someone Merry Christmas if their religion focuses on some other holiday during the month of December. I would be just as offended if someone told me Happy Hanukkah when they knew I celebrated Christmas, or maybe I wouldn’t: when all my “people” are going around “yelling” that it’s Merry Christmas and not Happy Holidays, why should I be offended about someone else doing the same with a different holiday? I was very confused a couple years ago when people started boycotting Target because they were saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. It’s silly. We don’t have a national religion, we supposedly don’t discriminate, so why should we get angry when a company strives to decrease that discrimination. The store is still decorated in red and green, sells Christmas trees and ornaments and is closed on Christmas, why are people so worked up about what the store allows their employees to say. It’s not like they’re requiring all the employees to say Happy Hanukkah or Happy Kwanzaa instead of Merry Christmas; they’re just trying to make a shopping experience a little more enjoyable for everyone.
With all this, I think people should just step up and realize that we live in a diverse country, people believe different things. By saying “Happy Holidays,” no one is trying to demean Christmas and Christianity, they’re just trying to be more accepting of everyone. Also, if you don’t want people to take Christ out of Christmas, you should think twice when you put up your Christmas tree and fight through the crowds to get the newest toy for your children, therefore promoting the very commercialization that is supposedly taking Christ out of Christmas. I’m not saying I’m a great Christian either, but I think if everyone stopped and took a step back and looked at how entitled and elitist you act during Christmas because you know the real reason for the holiday, you might just see why everyone hates Christians as much as they do.
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