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originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: dfnj2015
I'm not religious but shouldn't we be trying to put Jesus back into Christmas ?
Santa is a shill for big business.
A Canadian government website claims that global warming is forcing Santa Claus to relocate his toy-making village to the South Pole.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: DBCowboy
Before we determine what is the appropriate holiday greeting, first we must determine what ideology Santa Claus embraces.
He has slave labor, only works one day a year and takes all the credit for it, uses animals for his work, keeps his wife at home, and goes into homes without the expressed permission of the residents.
National Socialist?
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
This is half-sarcasm and half-serious...
...But if people insist on exchanging gifts in a totally secular fashion during the holiday season without the trappings of the Christian tradition of giving gifts to symbolize the gifts given to baby Jesus by the wise men, couldn't that be considered cultural/religious appropriation?
I'm not a particularly religious person (although I was raised Christian), but it seems to me that taking away Christians' right to freely display the symbols and sayings of their religious holiday -- while at the same time "appropriating" the gift giving traditions from Christians as part of their own secular celebration -- seems wrong.
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
This is half-sarcasm and half-serious...
...But if people insist on exchanging gifts in a totally secular fashion during the holiday season without the trappings of the Christian tradition of giving gifts to symbolize the gifts given to baby Jesus by the wise men, couldn't that be considered cultural/religious appropriation?
I'm not a particularly religious person (although I was raised Christian), but it seems to me that taking away Christians' right to freely display the symbols and sayings of their religious holiday -- while at the same time "appropriating" the gift giving traditions from Christians as part of their own secular celebration -- seems wrong.
So they got you right where you want them. You were 'raised' Christian so you have been conditioned to crass consumerism as well. Think about it though, if they changed the gift giving day to some day in June, nobody would 'buy it'.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: dfnj2015
I am really used to frowns, so if someone doesn't like Merry Christmas this or Happy Holidays that, they can pack it.
I refuse to walk on eggshells when being nice.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
Hence the reason for me feeling it is cultural/religious appropriation. Some people have appropriated parts of the religious holiday and turned it into a 100% secular thing -- a thing that they many of those people do not want associated with Christianity in any way. They want to exchange gifts like Christians, but want the Christian culture part of that gift giving eliminated from the process...
...i.e., cultural appropriation.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: Soylent Green Is People
But you include your upbringing when recognizing others rights to have a commercial christmas. Thats what the Corporations depend on, thats why they conjoined the two in our early upbringing.
originally posted by: Abysha
a reply to: dfnj2015
I wasn't able to say Merry Christmas before. Thank the good lord that Trump was victorious in the war on Christmas.