Merry Chrishannakwanzakuh!
Merry Holidays!
Merry Christmas!
(Darren looks up at the sky. It's still there...and yes, it's still cloudy out there. Remember, he's in the Pacific Northwaest, kids...).
What's the big freakin' deal?
Some pundits-mostly those of the conservative ilk- are griping about stores and other entities not displaying the words "Merry Christmas", and are up in arms when those same entities they're bitching about are calling the Christmas tree a 'Holiday tree'. Excuse me, kids, but isn't a 'Holiday tree' the same thing as a 'Christmas tree'? I tend to think so.
Remember the term 'political correctness', back in the 1990s- basically during the Clinton years (1993-2001)? Well, it sounds like to me that the same people who deride the term 'p.c.' are doing the same damn thing- only, either they don't know that they're playing the 'p.c.' card, or they're just not admitting it. after all, they're crying "They're taking Christ out of 'Christmas'...it's a 'Christmas tree, not a 'Holiday tree'...stores that ban the words "Merry Christmas are to be boycotted... store employees who don't say "Merry Christmas" will immediately be fired". I didn't know that Christmas was under that much threat. Gee, if I didn't know better, I'd say that these people were worried about al-Qaida taking over the holiday (imagine Osama bin Laden wearing a red suit. Now if he would only gain a few pounds, then he'd looklike Santa, as opposed to looking like an anoxeric...).
Got a problem with me saying "Happy Holidays"? Tough! That's on you.
So, from me to yours, with love, Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Same fucking difference.
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