I had a couple of blogging suggestions given to me for this month, and will most likely use them, but I actually had an idea come to me today - to blog about one of my biggest pet peeves. No, it isn't acapella singing, the "black" book at church, or women drivers..... ;-).
Christmas is right around the corner. All of the things we associate with the season - shopping, Christmas trees, lights, and doing away with Merry Christmas. That just gets me. It is Christmas, and stores that forbid their employees to say "Merry Christmas" and advertise their "holiday specials" should be boycotted.
Yeah, I have heard the arguments from even Christians. Christmas isn't mentioned in the Bible by name, and nonsense like that, so it isn't a big deal. They may be right about the first part, but wrong about the second. You know why they want to not use"Christmas? Because of the first 6 letters - "Christ". There is a movement on this country to shut Christians up. Everyone else's rights are defended, but not ours. Trying to avoid the word "Christmas" is just another nail in our coffin. One that we should fight being driven.
So do it. Call stores that you know are doing this and tell them you are offended. It may seem like not a big deal, but in a few years it may not even be called Christmas, and we may not be allowed to say it, or celebrate it. Think about it.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
NaBloPoMo Day #16...... One of my biggest pet peeves
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I agree that the world is against remembering Christ. The problem I have is two-fold. People who say "Merry Christmas" and are proud of it, but the only time Christ is in Christmas is when they say it. The second one is that we don't get nearly as upset about Easter being ignored, even by the church. Christmas is a good start, but Easter is really the good news. Jesus becoming human is significant, but without the death and resurrection, it is meaningless.
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