The fake war on Christmas starts again....

[paulpablo]

I'm not pagan. You're wrong I'm not celebrating the winter solstice. I'm an atheist celebrating christmas with a Christmas tree along with thousands of other non Christians and it has nothing to do with the Jesus or the bible you're right about that.

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Coincidentally as I was typing that last post in work a girl behind me was saying how much she loves Christmas and a workman came in with a Christmas tree under his arm saying where do you want the Christmas tree.

Makes me glad this work place isn't infected with political correctness that makes this holiday/Christmas thing even an issue.

So, Christmas now has nothing to do with Jesus and the Bible, but calling it anything but Christmas is stupid?

Oh, the irony of you, an atheist, arguing that it's fine that a religious holiday can evolve enough that you are allowed to celebrate it but having the terminology evolve to fit the times is ridiculous.  It's almost as funny as as Christians creating a holiday by hijacking another festival and its customs and then throwing a hissy-fit when anyone else dares to propose a change.

Perhaps it just sounds stupid to me being from the uk we don't even call it the holidays to begin with.

I thought Americans called it a Christmas tree so it would be stupid to randomly call it holiday tree. That just sounds so bland and corporate.
The designated holiday tree with regulation tinsel.

I'm not having a hissy fit because at least in my surroundings there's no holiday tree or people changing the words to fit some idea of inclusiveness. I work with some Muslims and atheists who love Christmas and some who don't but we all call Christmas trees what they are which is Christmas trees.

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I'm not pagan. You're wrong I'm not celebrating the winter solstice. I'm an atheist celebrating christmas with a Christmas tree along with thousands of other non Christians and it has nothing to do with the Jesus or the bible you're right about that.

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Coincidentally as I was typing that last post in work a girl behind me was saying how much she loves Christmas and a workman came in with a Christmas tree under his arm saying where do you want the Christmas tree.

Makes me glad this work place isn't infected with political correctness that makes this holiday/Christmas thing even an issue.

So, Christmas now has nothing to do with Jesus and the Bible, but calling it anything but Christmas is stupid?

Oh, the irony of you, an atheist, arguing that it's fine that a religious holiday can evolve enough that you are allowed to celebrate it but having the terminology evolve to fit the times is ridiculous.  It's almost as funny as as Christians creating a holiday by hijacking another festival and its customs and then throwing a hissy-fit when anyone else dares to propose a change.

Also why are you saying so NOW christmas has nothing to do with Jesus and the bible.  My original position has always been it has nothing to do with Jesus or the bible and this has been agreed upon by pretty much everyone posting.

As long as there's mutual understanding of what people mean when they say either holiday tree or christmas tree I don't really care what people call it.  I think Christmas tree and father Christmas are more catchy titles than holiday tree and father holiday or whatever he's going to be called next.