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Fox News Again
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RE: Fox News Again
The Christmas bit in the OP reminded me of some Muslims who devise fatwas on why Muslims shouldn't say "Merry Christmas" to anyone. But to me, it's almost the same as saying "Happy Birthday," "Happy Mother's Day," "Happy New Year" and so on.

The important thing to understand is that people have different reasons for celebrating Christmas and the same applies to saying "Merry Christmas" (depending on whatever their beliefs are). Some atheists, for example, I think celebrate Christmas only as a cultural/social part of their lives, i.e. as a chance to meet each other, have parties, drink, dance, go outside, etc. That's why they are not against saying the phrase "Merry Christmas" either.

Today, Christmas is not exclusively a religious holiday although I do believe that it was originally a religious (and possibly a pagan) holiday as opposed to a cultural one.
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Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 12, 2012 at 9:35 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Dee Dee Ramone - December 12, 2012 at 11:15 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by popeyespappy - December 13, 2012 at 12:42 am
RE: Fox News Again - by CapnAwesome - December 12, 2012 at 11:55 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 13, 2012 at 10:53 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Brian37 - December 13, 2012 at 11:36 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Something completely different - December 13, 2012 at 10:59 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Faith No More - December 13, 2012 at 11:03 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Great Ape - December 13, 2012 at 11:03 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Faith No More - December 13, 2012 at 11:11 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Something completely different - December 13, 2012 at 11:20 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Creed of Heresy - December 14, 2012 at 6:18 am
RE: Fox News Again - by pocaracas - December 14, 2012 at 6:49 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Brian37 - December 14, 2012 at 7:38 am
RE: Fox News Again - by Samson1 - December 13, 2012 at 11:35 am
RE: Fox News Again - by festive1 - December 13, 2012 at 1:25 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Brian37 - December 13, 2012 at 1:30 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Rayaan - December 13, 2012 at 1:41 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Brian37 - December 13, 2012 at 2:10 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Rayaan - December 13, 2012 at 5:46 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Something completely different - December 13, 2012 at 2:15 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 13, 2012 at 2:40 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Angrboda - December 13, 2012 at 3:29 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Faith No More - December 13, 2012 at 3:55 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by LastPoet - December 13, 2012 at 4:00 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 13, 2012 at 4:03 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Annik - December 13, 2012 at 4:09 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by LastPoet - December 13, 2012 at 4:11 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 13, 2012 at 5:52 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Rayaan - December 13, 2012 at 6:29 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Minimalist - December 13, 2012 at 6:01 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Jackalope - December 13, 2012 at 6:11 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Annik - December 13, 2012 at 6:15 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by SkyMutt - December 13, 2012 at 7:13 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Brian37 - December 13, 2012 at 7:45 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by SkyMutt - December 13, 2012 at 7:58 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 13, 2012 at 9:57 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Brian37 - December 13, 2012 at 11:13 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Cato - December 13, 2012 at 10:21 pm
RE: Fox News Again - by Rayaan - December 14, 2012 at 4:04 am
RE: Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 14, 2012 at 5:07 am
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RE: Fox News Again - by Creed of Heresy - December 14, 2012 at 5:43 am
RE: Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 14, 2012 at 5:58 am
RE: Fox News Again - by thesummerqueen - December 14, 2012 at 7:45 am
RE: Fox News Again - by TheSaganite - December 14, 2012 at 6:57 pm

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