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To: Ilaine who wrote (89438)	12/6/2004 2:56:35 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793939

There's a commercial on TV now that plays a tune that unfortunately keeps getting stuck in my head. It's for some electronics store or product. It has a very multi-ethnic ensemble singing "Happy Christma-hana-kwanza" and includes lyrics about agnostics and Scientologists and gays and whatever. Whenever I see it I wonder if that offends any of those who think this season should be all about Christ. I respond with "Merry Christmas" when someone says that to me. I say Happy Holidays or Happy Whatever when initiating the transaction. Re "Merry Christmas," "Merry" is a decidedly unreligious word. It's about frolic. Should be "Joyous" or "Blessed" or maybe even "Happy." I scratch my head when the Christ-centric celebrants defend "Merry Christmas" as being religious. It conjures up visions of jingle bells to me, not baby Jesus.

To: Ilaine who wrote (89438)	12/6/2004 3:16:38 PM
From: Whitebeard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793939

You aren't in NYC or LA. The point is that none of us gave Christmas greetings a thought until the last decade. Religion, specifically Christianity, and its social trappings has been under attack for several decades and it has begun to have an affect on our social interactions. It also has engendered a counter reaction as can be seen in all the recent talk of "values." None of us thought that the liberalism of the 60's would lead to an attack on Christmas as a holiday. the Democratic party left us, not the other way around.