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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2010-11-22

"I know the cultural hegemony of the Christian holidays can be overwhelming. I'm a Christian, both by faith and culture, and I find it a test of my faith and patience to endure the blare of Christmas songs, the crush of Christmas shoppers, the forced jollity of office parties. I can only imagine what a mess it must be for people whose own traditions and beliefs are swamped and belittled. It wasn't atheists or Muslims or Buddhists who took the real spirit of Christ out of Christmas. It was us." -- [info] - personal wordweaverlynn, 2009-12-24

[I was going to save this one for the next time I heard the 'war on Christmas' rhetoric start up, but when I was checking television listings over the weekend and saw a bunch of Christmas movies scheduled nearly a week before [US] Thanksgiving (and then had a friend tell me about being in various stores where people were looking for Thanksgiving themed tablecloths and other decorations and couldn't find any because they'd been replaced by the Christmas stuff), I decided it was time for this quotation now.]

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posted by (anonymous) at 01:15pm on 2010-11-22
I saw Christmas trees (artificial ones) and lights on sale in CostCo in AUGUST
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posted by (anonymous) at 02:21pm on 2010-11-22
Oh, trhat led me to an astonishing poem. Thank you.

(plus, she's right. Someone should send this to all manner of culture warriors.)
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posted by [personal profile] silmaril at 03:48pm on 2010-11-22
Yes, this year Christmas started one day after Halloween in my local shops.

I don't even have the energy to roll my eyes any more; I just tune it all out.
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posted by [personal profile] redbird at 02:08am on 2010-11-23
I find myself thinking that if all this Mammon-worship bothers me, as an atheist, it ought to be upsetting actual Christians more. Bake cookies, hang lights, give your loved ones presents if you want, but it shouldn't be primarily about money.
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