Should Christmas be a National Holiday ??

[PornoDoggy]

In the first place, honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a day off school is like honoring Ghandi by slaughering and eating a cow while singing God Save The Queen.

In the second place, comparing a religious holiday like Christmas with secular holidays like Columbus Day or MKL Day is moronic, particularly when it comes from someone I credit with being more intelligent than that. The only people I've seen make that argument with a straight face are the people who argue that "Christians" are oppressed.

And finally - Christmas IS one of the Federal holidays.
2005 Federal Holidays - http://www.opm.gov/fedhol/2005.asp
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[Peaches]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

Monday, December 26 ** Christmas Day

Damn, and here I always thought Dec. 25th was Christmas Day

And again, we are NOT the only country who has a national holiday for Christmas. We all know the very minute the US took that day away as a vacation day for EVERYONE, there would be an uprising.

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by Peaches

Damn, and here I always thought Dec. 25th was Christmas Day

And again, we are NOT the only country who has a national holiday for Christmas. We all know the very minute the US took that day away as a vacation day for EVERYONE, there would be an uprising.

I didn't say take it away, a mere name change would work..perhaps "All Faiths Day".. A day to acknowledge the various faiths and appreciate the diversity that is America. Or maybe "Capitalist recognition day" A day to celebrate all that the World's production apparatus has provided for us...

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by sarettah

I didn't say take it away, a mere name change would work..perhaps "All Faiths Day".. A day to acknowledge the various faiths and appreciate the diversity that is America. Or maybe "Capitalist recognition day" A day to celebrate all that the World's production apparatus has provided for us...

OK, then you'll only get an uprising from the over 85% of the people in the US who celebrate Christmas