Fighting for Christmas
Justin Higgins — Tue, 2007-12-11 13:29
The picture shown above is from the front page of Vindy.com today, and the story chronicles some women who decided to fight for Christmas. Their battle is a bit pricey, but it's making headlines and it's going to be hard to ignore for some drivers in my area. The story:
They paid to put these messages on area billboards:
"I miss hearing you say Merry Christmas. — Jesus," says a board on U.S. Route 224 in Canfield.
"Why have you stopped saying Merry Christmas? — Jesus," asks a board on U.S. 422 in Niles.
"It's Christmas," said Brown, a member of St. Christine Church in Youngstown. "It's been Christmas in the dictionary. It's Christmas on the calendar. It's Christmas. Just say it."
The "War on Christmas" has been a controversial issue for years now, and Conservatives who attest to the cultural battle are constantly ridiculed. Even populists such as Bill O'Reilly got scorn from late-night hosts like David Letterman for talking openly about the controversy steeped in anti-Christian bias. Some people are fighting back.
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I would think that Jesus-
looneyontheleft — Tue, 2007-12-11 14:07-would rather the money that went into putting words into his mouth would have been better spent on feeding and clothing the poor.
Which, you know, is alot of what Jesus was about.
Isn't a lot of this alleged 'War on Christmas' stuff just cases of large corporate chain stores living in fear of losing just one customer by offending them with some silly gretting? Good lord, these corporate hierarchies make it where employees can't stop bad returns for fear of losing a customer, even one who is a con artist. You really think they want to lose the athiest dollar, the muslim dollar or the jew dollar?
If your life is so empty that you need to hear 'Merry Christmas' from a Wal-Mart employee, can't you just go to Target. Or K-Mart. Or wherever the corporate overlords haven't dictated some generic holiday greeting. Or shop at home online. Isn't that what this free market is all about? 'Voting' with your dollars?
These old ladies are sad.