Americans are being terrorized into not celebrating Xmas

[Autumnlicious]

I thought the atheist holiday was April Fools!

[theVOID]

Lol, that would be awesome! I may have to craft up a gang of stained glass mushies for just such a purpose.

I've got some dried subaeruginosa that have held shape Might throw them up on the tree, more fun than candy cane.

[Pippy]

Or a giant Christmas mushroom! With lights and fungus!

Here is a story. Some kid just had it happen at his work, and it reminded me. I used to work at Tim Hortons, if you don't know, it's an ex-Canadian institution that the yanks bought and fast-food-ized... I had to remove some lady from our store because she was absolutely red-in-the-face screaming mad about a sign that said Happy Holidays. She demanded that the only appropriate sign would be Merry Christmas, and I am hard pressed to think of an example of someone more angry.

That is what I think of when I think of the Christmas is under attack by "anti-religious" people. I told her, and have told many, many people here that there are multiple religions, ergo multiple mid-winter holidays, ergo happy multiple holidays. My old boss would look at me and say, "yeah"... then twitch a little and say "No, no, it's Christmas".

I celebrate it as Thule, or Yule. It is the darkest day, the longest night. If you had food saved up and made it that far, it is possible to have a little party and still survive. A very old tradition.

So as a believer, and a non-christian, I can say that even in the secular north this is still a thorn in my side.

[littlegrimlin1]

If I lived out on my own, as in, only me, I would leave Christmas completely behind. If I had kids, I may do it. I'll probably be living only with my girlfriend when we move out so, I see my self sitting through Christmas again.

Why is it called Xmas? I though the X meant "criss", making it sound like christmas. Again, I haven't researched, I just love hearing the info from yall!

[Pippy]

Isn't Xmas just a secularization? A way of saying Christmas without having to name the savior? Some one told me something about it once, and I forget what they said.

In that case, if it is a modern piece of "political correctness", than is Xmas modern Christmas?

As I like to say (and not in a way that mocks the real Christians) modern Christmas is the biggest holiday of the cult that worships the MoneyGod. Cashmas? I could care less about other peoples traditions, but it is the consumerist aspect that makes me not celebrate this modern Xmas.

Ugh.

-Pip

[Rhizomorph13]

Yes Pippy, Xmas is a way of writing Christmas without Christ.

[littlegrimlin1]

ah ok, that makes sense, where does the 'mas' come from? Arise? More? Mass?

[tackattack]

Literal definition is Christ's Mass origins middle english around 12th century

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/christmas

[littlegrimlin1]

Nice, that helps!

[Violet]

I thought the atheist holiday was April Fools!

Why specifically April? I see plenty of fools all year round :S