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Is there any other religious holiday that's been commercialized by a tree?
MrsSpringsteen said:I don't think I'm "oppressed' in any way, shape, or form because I'm a Christian, trust me on that - but I think that's ridiculous, it's a Christmas tree. I agree w/ not offending, excluding people of any other faith or no faith at all w/ public displays or whatever..however it can go to such an extreme as to be silly. In Boston even the Democratic (yes he's Catholic but not conservative by any means)Mayor wants to call it a Christmas tree, can you imagine..in the bastion of liberal sin and debauchery.
How is anyone really being offended, excluded, whatever you want to call it by calling it that?
I have no desire to argue about this and be attacked, but what is the harm in just having one thing be a "Christmas" rather than a "holiday"?
corianderstem said:They have to call it a Christmas tree, otherwise people are going to look pretty stupid singing "O Christmas Tree."
BonoVoxSupastar said:Is there any other religious holiday that's been commercialized by a tree?
MrsSpringsteen said:
well thank you. Honestly I was afraid to post that and that's sad.
joyfulgirl said:
I agree with you, too. I'm not a Christian (though I was raised one) and I really do hate Christmas. However, it's a damn Christmas tree! I really don't think anyone of any other faith, or no faith, wants to claim the tree as part of their beliefs. I think 'holiday party" is a whole other deal because in a work environment it's important to be inclusive. But I don't need Hanukkah candles to be called holiday candles and I don't need a Christmas tree to be called a holiday tree.
melon said:
The original song, "O Tannenbaum," is literally translated as "O Fir tree." "O Christmas tree" is "O Weihnachtsbaum."
Melon
indra said:
Does what anyone in here thinks mean more to you than what you believe? By being afraid to post something because you might not like the responses you get you are essentially agreeing that your opinion is less valid than others. Don't do that to yourself.
MrsSpringsteen said:
It's merely the manner that some people have in here of expressing themselves and belittling others. It can be relentless
MsGiggles said:I notice that too - not sure why they thing their opinion is more important than anyone else's.
financeguy said:
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)