Originally Posted by
Mobile 155
From a family standpoint the Christian Christmas was always celebrated much like we celebrate a Christian Easter. The commercial side of Christmas has simply gotten more commercial. The only other thing I have noticed is that some have tried to make Christmas a political issue by banning Christmas decorations from city centers and some companies deciding to refuse to call things a Christmas sale but rather a Holiday sale. I think Starbucks has decided to sell a special packaged coffee on holiday wrapping rather than Christmas wrapping. When I was a kid we had Christmas vacation now they call it winter break. And some schools have banned the giving of Christmas presents in class. When I was a kid we had Christmas parties in class.
When I was a kid our town had a law that African Americans had to be off the streets and out of town by sundown. Just because we did it that way doesn't make it acceptable today, or right. The way I see it Christmas being a religious observance should be left out of government programs and places. The holiday tree idea is great, it doesn't leave any groups of citizens out, or give the appearance of state endorsement of a particular religion. If I don't know a person's religion I will wish them a happy Holiday, if I know they celebrate Christmas I will wish them a Merry Christmas. I'm far from offended by the word Christmas...but I'd also want to respect someone who celebrates a different holiday at the end of December. I am offended at a well funded effort to ram Christmas down the throats of the whole country.