Should Christmas be a National Holiday ??

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Hmmm. not getting anywhere with this whole thing so maybe it is time to ask the question in a different way...

How would you feel if instead of Christmas being a national holiday, Hannukah was made a national holiday. So, instead of saying Merry Christmas all over the place we would be saying Happy Hannukah and giving Hannukah gifts instead of Christmas gifts.

And when you (as a Christian, Muslim, Pagan, whatever) complained about it it was explained that it was just a name and didn't really mean anything anymore so why get your panties in a ruffle about it ?

I think that would be AWESOME!!! Hannukah is 8 days long

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Peaches

I think that would be AWESOME!!! Hannukah is 8 days long

I didn't know that, I'm good to rock with Hannukah as well

[Red]

Originally Posted by Peaches

I think that would be AWESOME!!! Hannukah is 8 days long

Yeah, but we only got one present a night and the first night was the only good present. The other nights were socks, underwear and other useful things.

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by Red

Yeah, but we only got one present a night and the first night was the only good present. The other nights were socks, underwear and other useful things.

Not much different than Christmas - 1 good gift, the rest useful stuff But Sare was talking about making it a National Holiday - 8 days off in Dec sounds superb to me

[sarettah]

No no no... You wouldn't get 8 days off dammit.

I was merely changing the name of Christmas (december 25, Candlemas, Mid winters fest) to the Jewish Holiday. Still one day off for the fucker. Still give presents that you can't afford to give. Still the emphasis on the commercial marketing aspect.

Just renaming it in something other than the predominant religion's version of it.

Wouldn't that piss a bunch of people off ?

[Dravyk]

8 days?

Make it 12!!! ...

Not only does it fit in with the song, but we just combine everything into one bigass 12-day KwanzaChanukahRamadonYuleChristmasWintersolsticeSa turnalia celebration!!!

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by sarettah

No no no... You wouldn't get 8 days off dammit.

I was merely changing the name of Christmas (december 25, Candlemas, Mid winters fest) to the Jewish Holiday. Still one day off for the fucker. Still give presents that you can't afford to give. Still the emphasis on the commercial marketing aspect.

Just renaming it in something other than the predominant religion's version of it.

Wouldn't that piss a bunch of people off ?

Yes, of course it would piss a bunch of people off.
People who don't like change.
People who never saw Christmas as a religious holiday in the first place.
Christians real and pretend.
People who just like getting pissed off about shit.

I take your point and it makes the "making a religious holiday a 'National Holiday'" concept easier to grasp.

Do you actually have a suggestion for the removal of the US Government and their attempts/successes at "establishing a religion"?

Yes, it's unConstitutional. Yes, it violates everything we *thought* this country was founded on. However, it doesn't seem to matter. There are countless court cases that should have been won that have been lost, because not enough people want this particular boat to be rocked.

The biggest difference between the "right" and the "left" in this country is that the "right" is organized and loud.