I don't get offended when I hear "Merry Christmas," but I do think to myself, how do you know I'm not Jewish?
There are many aspects of Christmas I enjoy, and there are many aspects I despise(as Min. pointed out, much of the music is painful). I am glad, however, that you recognize the absurdity of the "war" on Christmas. I throw up in my mouth a little when I hear that Christ is being taken out of Christmas when it is in fact Christians that took the Saturn out of Saturnalia. But if there is one thing I have come to expect from many Christians, it is the need to have persecution, be it real or imaginary.
There are many aspects of Christmas I enjoy, and there are many aspects I despise(as Min. pointed out, much of the music is painful). I am glad, however, that you recognize the absurdity of the "war" on Christmas. I throw up in my mouth a little when I hear that Christ is being taken out of Christmas when it is in fact Christians that took the Saturn out of Saturnalia. But if there is one thing I have come to expect from many Christians, it is the need to have persecution, be it real or imaginary.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
