Twas the month before Christmas
When all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.
See, the PC Police had taken away
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a 'Holiday.'
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an iPod
Something was changing, something quite odd!
Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets were hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.
At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears
You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.
Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton !
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.
And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.
So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!
Just a few thoughts about things that I wondered growing up about PC and Christmas.
I always wondered why we were allowed to be taught about Kwanzaa and Hanukkah in school with no question, but they were really careful to leave out the Jesus stuff when they taught Christmas. And why is it that only the minorities ever get offended?
And the phrase "happy holidays" was something I grew up knowing and saying. Not until I got older did I realize how PC it was. I mean, honestly, there's only ONE holiday out there that I'm celebrating, and that's Christmas. Of course, it could be a reference to New Year's, too, but in all honesty, I'm only thinking about Christmas. I understand that it's a nice way to not offend anyone, but if someone said, "Happy Kwanzaa" to me, I highly doubt I'd be offended, or anything close to it. I'd just think, "Oh, that's what they celebrate. No biggie. They aren't trying to force their beliefs on me."
And, here's a bit of Christmas Myth-busting for you: The word Xmas. Is it a horrible word that anti-Christians have put out there so that they don't have to write "Christ," like I heard when I was growing up? Nope. The letter chi, or X, in Greek means Christ, so it's not secular at all. Feel free to use "Xmas," knowing that you are just a little bit smarter than everyone else who doesn't know what it really is. :)
Merry Christmas!
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