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Dear Wilmot,
It's amazing that you should think that Christmas is threatened of
extinction due to the commercialition you are alluding to. At least
from your response below, you (yourself) are confirming that Xmas is
well and alive. This is illustrated in the high commercialization you
are talking about. But what does religion has to do with it?
We need to distinguish the commercial from the religious. I'm not sure
that the secular business industry's goal is to evangelize customers or
potential patrons. In fact in a CAPITAL society, they have to avoid
being perceived as exclusionary. I'm not even sure that they are
interested in putting "Christ" back in "Christmas. This task is the
role of the Church.
If your concern is a religious one, maybe you need to take on some
other institution, not the business sector. They are doing what they
have to do: MAKE MONEY. Don't blame them if they have mastered their
trade.
The religious concern is really the realm of religious institutions.
Unless a particular business wants to ascribe to a particular religious
dogma, they will do their best to please the majority of their
customers in order to take advantage of the marketing opportunity of
the holiday season. As you have noticed, they use the language that
most people are currently using depending on where they are located.
They take pulse of their demographics. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
RELIGIOSITY.
Happy Holidays!
--Emilie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilmot B. Valhmu" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 2:25 pm
Subject: Re: What's happening to Christmas?
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> Auntie Emilie,
>
> My hope is that Christ, not commercialization, is glorified at
> Christmas. He's the reason for Christmas. That's the thing on
> which I wish us all, especially Christians, to concur.
>
> I have no problem with people saying to me, "Happy Chanukah",
> "Happy New Year", etc. Just don't suppress or prohibit the
> mention of Christ. I have it on authority that some of the clerks
> at some businesses are forbidden by their proprietors to say
> "Merry Christmas". Is that a sign of inclusiveness? I think not.
>
> Merry Christmas, Auntie!
>
> - Wilmot
>
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> From: Emilie Ngo Nguidjol <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/12/21 Tue AM 11:50:58 CST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: What's happening to Christmas?
>
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> Do you know that Christmas was "purged" by the Christian-in-Chief
> yesterday?
> He started his speech with "Happy Holidays!"
> So don't forget to include him when you start letting people beyond
> this list know how you feel about the demise of Christmas.
>
> Besides, do you know that the Christians appropriated a European pagan
> holiday that was celebrated during the Winter Solstice (the
> birthday of
> the sun god)? So before you start defending Christmas and ignoring the
> other holidays around this time of the year, you may also want to
> remember that by the late second century, different groups of
> christians held divergent ideas on the date of Christ's Birth. Why
> would you expect all of us on this list "concur"?
>
> While the debate on Christmas continues,
>
> Have Happy holidays!
> --Emilie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wilmot B. Valhmu" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:45 pm
> Subject: What's happening to Christmas?
>
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> > Hi, everyone!
> >
> > Have you noticed? Christmas is being purged. Believe it!
> >
> > This year, I have not seen the word "Christmas" in any commercial
> > establishment to which I've been, save for Christian bookstores.
> > What about you? Have you seen any displays of "Merry Christmas"
> > anywhere?
> > Most department stores have substituted "Happy Holidays" or
> > "Season's Greetings" for "Merry Christmas". What's up with that?
> > If Christmas is that for which we are buying all the gifts, then
> > why won't some acknowledge it?
> >
> > I started taking note of this a few weeks ago when I listened to a
> > talk show on a local Christian radio station, discussing the issue
> > of Target stores forbidding the Salvation Army from soliciting in
> > front of their stores. It seems that for the sake of political
> > correctness or some undisclosed reasons, references to Christ
> > (Jesus Christ) are systematically being eliminated from public
> > discourse or establishments. This is outrageous, especially where
> > Christmas is concerned, considering that Jesus Christ is the
> > reason why we celebrate Christmas. There is no Christmas, or
> > legitimate reason for celebrating December 25th as a holiday,
> > without Him.
> >
> > Christians are taking note. If the secularists want to eliminate
> > God or Christ from our culture, then we are all gamed for a fight.
> > We will not take this lying down.
> >
> > Starting next Christmas season, I will let store managers know how
> > I feel about this issue. And if need be, I will only celebrate
> > Christ at Christmas and stop buying and sending gifts. It is more
> > important that Christ is glorified at Christmas, not the
> > commercialized sending of gifts.
> >
> > My hope is that we all, especially Christians, concur.
> >
> > Have a blessed day!
> >
> > - Wilmot
> >
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