tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post5426122005412008960..comments2023-07-06T19:51:29.939+08:00Comments on Ethereal Eclectic : Why don't we just get rid of Christmas entirely then?Jed Carosaarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775889983099808362noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-16821197507896391812007-12-22T07:33:00.000+08:002007-12-22T07:33:00.000+08:00This year, consider her getting a creche with a wa...This year, consider her getting a creche <A HREF="http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2007/12/wise-men-denied-security-permi.html" REL="nofollow">with a wall in it</A>, indicating that the Wisemen can't get in to see the baby Jesus, as they don't have security permits.Jed Carosaarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775889983099808362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-16941716353510062862006-12-29T03:53:00.000+08:002006-12-29T03:53:00.000+08:00While the de-Christianising of Christmas has bugge...While the de-Christianising of Christmas has bugged me for many years, I've started to not care. Christmas to me happens at church and at home. My daughter has a couple of nativity sets, and fully understands what Christmas is about. Yeah, we still have a tree and lights, but that's the sideshow.<br /><br />I'd rather airports get rid of holiday (of any sort) decorations. They just get in the way, and don't mean anything to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-16292987053814665922006-12-15T11:33:00.000+08:002006-12-15T11:33:00.000+08:00Just yesterday I saw a commercial where a transpar...Just yesterday I saw a commercial where a transparent woman appears above a bed, announcing, "I am the ghost of Holiday Past."<br /><br />How does that even make sense? You totally destroy the allusion of the joke that way! It's like <a href="http://abdulmuhib.blogspot.com/2006/08/visiting-memories.html">taking down the crosses off an interfaith chapel which itself is in the shape of a cross</a>. If you are going to discriminate against religion, at the very least have some artistic sensibility!Jed Carosaarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775889983099808362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-3966436181759701082006-12-15T03:02:00.000+08:002006-12-15T03:02:00.000+08:00You hit the nail on the head. When the "Merry Chr...You hit the nail on the head. When the "Merry Christmas" versus "Happy Holidays" controversy hit last Christmas and Christians got all upset, I couldn't help but think that the Christians were basically defending the secular Christmas not the Christian one. Maybe banning secular Christmas symbols will have the same effect as persecution of the church: purification, less nominalism, more genuine belief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-11766903205241820692006-12-13T07:43:00.000+08:002006-12-13T07:43:00.000+08:00Okay, I feel dumb for posting a comment before rea...Okay, I feel dumb for posting a comment before reading your entire post. Perhaps, had I read the whole thing first, I wouldn't have left a stupid comment here.<br /><br />I really appreciate this post. Political correctness is mind-numbing. I don't think I can articulate the frustration any more clearly than you have put it here.drhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887200704656859096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-10506255347283861412006-12-13T07:34:00.000+08:002006-12-13T07:34:00.000+08:00Not to pour salt in your wounds, but I noticed tha...Not to pour salt in your wounds, but I noticed that your blog has been a bit stingy with the Kwanza music...drhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887200704656859096noreply@blogger.com