O Fight, All Ye Faithful - New York Times
Tierney has some fun with this penchant for "Happy Holidays" that the public sector and too many others seem to embrace. It's obvious to me that we've moved too deeply into the politically correct mudhole of 'no offense' and no religion in the public square.
A couple of days ago I attended my grandaughter's "Winter Concert" at Williston Central School. The stage was bedecked in crisp winter fashion with large gift wrapped boxes labeled "Happy Holidays" and snowflakes projected with spotlights as a stage backdrop. The paper program handed out contained all sorts of cute neutral winter icons like showmen, sleds, snowflakes, etc. The bright children playing their band instruments and the chorus singing mostly in tune performed as well as fifth and sixth graders can be expected to but, alas, no carols.
The obvious missing ingredient was Christmas. No carols, no recognition of the religious holiday season. No Kwanzaa, no Hanukkah, No Christmas. Only the neutered, secular 'offend no one' bland pablum was served.
What has become or our real culture and traditions? We are in a cultural swamp afraid of lawsuits and lawyers. What a terrible gray tasteless glob of mush we have made of our Christmas culture.
The whole affair made me want to find the liveliest, most Spirit-filled Christian church I could to celebrate the miracle of Jesus' birth with psalms, praises, and hymns of glory.
Our culture should celebrate its spiritual dimension, not repress it. The ACLU members and those of similar organizations who would deprive us of the spiritual nature of man in our culture should be banished to the dark recesses of a dusty, bland law library from Thanksgiving until the Feast of Epiphany.
Merry Christmas, everyone! If you prefer Happy Holidays, go find someone in the ACLU or in the liberal wing of the Vermont Bar Association.
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