Comments on the Holidays

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Christmas has become a battlefield between two competing lines of thought. On the one hand, we are told by the secular-progressive Liberalistas that we can't have too much Christmas. For example, in Chicago, there was something called "Christmarket", a Christmas-based open market for vendors and such. The market was full of Christmas stuff on sale, it is decorated with Christmas decorations, and it is *called* a name that links it heavily to Christmas.

The problem the city of Chicago had was that New Line Cinema was sponsoring the event, and they wanted to put film snippets of their new movie "The Nativity Story" on some big-screen TVs. The city objected, saying that the big-screen TV ads might offend people...as if the rest of the Christmas festivities at this event would somehow get missed.

In Seattle, the airport recently restored Christmas trees to the premises after they figured they would not get sued by a Jewish rabbi who wanted a menorah displayed.

These are just two examples of PC intolerance relating to "overt dispplays" of Christmas...during a time of the year supposedly devoted to observing...Christmas!

On the other hand, we have people who are fighting the over-commercialization of the season, and to a point, they have a valid case. I mean, the day after Labor Day, you start seeing holiday decorations for a holiday that is 2 1/2 months away. Ever notice how the latest Elmo monstrosity materializes on the market in late November? Or how Sony and Nintendo time the release of the latest game system so that parents can throw one under the tree?

So, to a point, the people who preach against the commercialization of Christmas are right...and this is coming from someone who is going to Ft. Collins and Denver to look for a Wii on Friday...

However, there comes a point where the preaching really *is* preaching.

In this case, we have Molly Humphrey, a editorial writer for the University fo Wyoming's school newspaper, who wrote a column on December 7th entitled: "What Has Christmas Become?"

In this column, Ms. Humphrey quotes Gandhi, who said: "I like your Christ, I don't like your Christians, they are so unlike Christ." This from a person who earlier in the semester complained that Christian evangelism was rampant on the campus, and a threat to diversity within the student body.

This is not the first time that Ms. Humphrey has been the subject of a Politics City article. The others were posted on September 16, and October 13.

While some of Ms. Humphrey's comments are correct, such as the admonition that Christmas is about Christ, not about accumulation, when it comes from her mouth, this all sounds like someone just trying to whip the Christians again. It's like the Jews getting lessons in Judaism from Joseph Goebbels.

When Ms. Humphrey shows a shred of understanding about what Christmas is about, THEN I may have more respect for what she is saying. Until then, she is a Liberalista bombthrower.

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John B.
Blog Guy