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Christmas is a religious holiday. It's not a national holiday. We do not have a national religion. I know that makes bigots want to jump up and down like Rumpelstiltskin because they are mad they don't get to shove their religion down everyone else's throat but that's the way this country was established. No religious holiday is a national holiday. Get over it.
Are you joking? Christmas is not only a religious holiday it's also a federal or better known as a national holiday. I can't believe that you made such a false statement. Who said we had a national religion? What bigotry are you speaking of? Do you even know the meaning of the word? Apparently, not! You get over it. No one is forcing anyone to follow the Christian religion or any other religion.
Are you joking? Christmas is not only a religious holiday it's also a federal or better known as a national holiday. I can't believe that you made such a false statement. Who said we had a national religion? What bigotry are you speaking of? Do you even know the meaning of the word? Apparently, not! You get over it. No one is forcing anyone to follow the Christian religion or any other religion.
the only fact you pointed out is your own willful ignorance for being so blinded by what YOU want that you can't even be bothered to acknowledge there are other people in this country with different belief systems, celebrating other occasions besides the one you observe.
And yes, that's a bigoted outlook. A bigot is "a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions."
Oh stop with your self-righteous whining. You asked "Just what other holidays are there in December other than Christmas". Don't ask the damn question if you don't want a factual answer.
And BTW, by using a generic term like "Happy Holidays", retailers increase their customer base. Or would you suggest they're wrong in doing so?
It's not whining or being self-righteous to speak the truth. There is no other national/federal holiday in December other than Christmas. Retailers are always after the almighty buck even if it means diluting a national/federal holiday to do so and many have been brain washed into the new progressive way of thinking. It's overwhelmingly Christians that are buying gifts in December so Merry Christmas should be the norm but no one is forcing them not to say Happy Holidays either (no matter how stupid it is).
What are you talking about? The OP said that Trump claimed a certain slogan was made up by himself when Trump never claimed that. He just said that more people are using it these days because of him. They're not afraid of being patriotic and expressing traditional values now.
If "they" were afraid to before, that's cowardice. Cowards are neither patriotic nor faithful.
You said that Christmas isn't a national holiday. Are you denying it now? There was nothing bigoted about my remarks and if you call me a bigot one more time you'll be reported! You might want to re-read my post where I said no one is being forced to follow the Christian religion nor are they being forced to follow any other. This is merely about using the rightful term of Merry Christmas at Christmas time. Give it up already!
You said that Christmas isn't a national holiday. Are you denying it now? There was nothing bigoted about my remarks and if you call me a bigot one more time you'll be reported!
just because the Federal government and most, although not all, workplaces close that does not make it a national holiday observed by everyone.
And your insistence that instead of using a greeting that respects different beliefs and observances, everyone should be somehow forced to acknowledge solely your particular holiday is offensive to those of us who observe other holidays that time of year, whether religious or secular, such as New Year's.
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It's not whining or being self-righteous to speak the truth. There is no other national/federal holiday in December other than Christmas. Retailers are always after the almighty buck even if it means diluting a national/federal holiday to do so and many have been brain washed into the new progressive way of thinking. It's overwhelmingly Christians that are buying gifts in December so Merry Christmas should be the norm but no one is forcing them not to say Happy Holidays either (no matter how stupid it is).
The TRUTH is you asked "Just what other holidays are there in December other than Christmas". NOT what other national/federal holiday there was in December so YES, you are whining because your question was answered and you don't like the answer.
And BTW, should I forget come December, Happy Holidays to you!
Really? Just what other holidays are there in December other than Christmas and what is wrong with saying Merry Christmas when that's the holiday that people are buying for and talking about?
Saint Nicholas Day
Fiesta of Our Lady Day
St. Lucia Day
Hanukkah
Christmas
Three King's Day/Epiphany
Kwanzaa
Omisaka
Yule
Saturnalia
Nothing is wrong with saying Merry Christmas. Nothing is wrong with saying Happy Holidays either.
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Who said we had a national religion? What bigotry are you speaking of? Do you even know the meaning of the word? Apparently, not! You get over it. No one is forcing anyone to follow the Christian religion or any other religion.
