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I think you have the US Christian right to thank for this, who have yet again managed to cast themselves as a repressed minority. Bill O'Reilly spent a lot of time harping on it ("Left wing internet smear sites" apparently were the culprits in declaring WAR ON CHRISTMAS and on the ever-valiant Bill). The US house just passed a resolution to 'protect the values and traditions of Christmas' or some such bollocks which doesn't contradict the first amendment because no actual law was passed. The boycott of Target (see the article) annoys me especially because it's a retailer with no expressly Christian agenda, which has, for reasons nobody outside the corporation knows as far as I can tell, decided to stop saying 'merry Christmas' and start saying 'happy holidays.' The temerity! Christmas is under attack!
I'm not sure how to fight it, other than to point out that nobody's preventing anybody from saying Merry Christmas, putting up banners, placing a giant inflatable Santa on their front lawn, etc, it's just that certain (highly visible) groups of people happen not to be saying it for reasons that nobody actually knows. Also, that it is in fact a season involving more than one holiday, so 'Season's Greetings' or 'Happy Holidays' is perfectly appropriate. |
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