Happy Christmas!
So, supposedly there is a war on Christmas, at least if you believe anything that Fox News says. Of course, I don’t believe Fox News for most things as they make more news than they report on. What is even a more cruel twist of fate, evil irony, or just plain devil incarnate (Can you tell how I feel about Fox News?) is that they report on the news that they make up. If you pay attention, you will discover this for yourself, you do not have to believe me.
A war on Christmas? Really? Here is the big issue, they hate the fact that people are saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. So, freaking what!?! Are you telling me that if people suddenly begin to say Happy Holidays instead of Christmas than the United States of America will suddenly become a Muslim state? Seriously? Do you think the Jewish people are complaining that people are saying Merry Christmas? Find me one, just one! They don’t care. What about the Muslims? Contrary to what Fox News might tell you, the Muslims that live here, want to be here and like it here. As a matter of fact, go to your local Muslim owned gas station, and you know what will be written on their windows? That’s right, Merry Christmas. They are not stupid, they know that their culture and belief system will not be destroyed by experiencing the local culture, which is Christmas.
Santa the God Destroyer
The funny thing is, you know what is really killing Christmas? Fox News, no, just kidding. Seriously, the killer of Christmas is Santa Claus. For those of you that may not be aware, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Baby Jesus. Santa and the shopping season as so destroyed that concept that many people who I know make comments like, “We don’t have Santa with our kids. We are not Christian.” That is an actual quote from a person that I know. The idea that people equate Santa and the commercialism of gifts and Christianity is the real killer of Christmas. If you know me, or read my blog, you probably know that I am a Christian and we celebrate the birth of Jesus in our home and I don’t give a flying Fahrvergnügen if you say Happy Holidays or not. Why should I care? You can say Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, or Rad Ramadan (you like that? Just made it up) to me and it won’t affect my beliefs. The biggest lesson that most people need to learn is that “What you do ain’t got nothin’ to do with me!” So, don’t let Fox News convince you that you are doing something wrong by saying “Happy Holidays”. Since when did it become wrong to care about not hurting other people’s feelings. As a matter of fact, it sounds like something Jesus would do.
Oh, and you left-wing, tree-hugging, liberals, I got something for you too. Chill out! Do you know what the most popular holiday in the US is? That’s right, Christmas. And that’s a fact. Well, I don’t know if it’s a fact, but I do know that if you are off of work right now, it is because of Christmas. You know why? Because you live in the United States of Frickin America, that’s why. If I lived in Israel, do you think I would be complaining about Hanukkah? Like it or not, if you live in the US then deal with the fact that Christmas is popular. So, say Merry Christmas! If you are offending someone, just say “Sorry, my bad, I did not realize that by saying Merry Christmas I was rejecting your culture, or claiming that your religion was wrong. Or maybe you are just a little too sensitive about what I say as a greeting? Maybe you need to reevaluate what you believe in if a two-word salutation by me is going to rock your faith or lack thereof. Or maybe, just maybe, you need to be worrying less about what I am saying and more about how you can spend more times with your kids and wife instead of worrying about what other people are saying or doing. Now, get out of my face before I go Bad Santa all over your ass. Oh and by the way, Merry Christmas!”
So, the moral of this story is do what you got to do. Say Happy
Holidays if you like, you will not destroy Christmas. Say Merry
Christmas, and if someone is offended, then say sorry and move on, or try my suggestion above. Regardless, I hope you have a great and loving time with your friends and family this holiday season. And I believe that Gumby said it best, “Merry Christmas Damn It!”
Eddie Murphy as Gumby. Awesome!
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Over Thanks giving, my got mad because I hated the fact that I had to wait in line as a kid at the grocery store while she ran off and got something she forgot. She pointed out that I didn’t mind it when she waited in line at Disneyland so that me and my friends did not have to wait going from ride to ride. She is right, but I still hold to the fact that I hated it. But it makes me think of my own kids as we take them to Mall of America for Christmas Eve, spend hours upon hours looking for the items that we know they want, or drive from place to place so they can go sledding, see friends, or go to the mall with friends. And they have no idea what we go through to make them happy. Just as I did not appreciate my mom waiting in lines for me at Disneyland, neither my kids will appreciate until they have kids. Nonetheless, as parents, it is what we do. Thanks Mom! And Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. I’m just sayin …
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I’m in Minneapolis right now, and it is the freakin’ ice age up here. There is like 2-3 feet of snow on the ground and it keeps snowing. What amazes me every year is the number of black people who I see living here. Black folks and snow? Who knew? I get the white folks. They are crazy, but the black folks? What is the world coming too? I’m just sayin (Part Deux) …
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