Comments on: Five things people say about Christmas that drive me nuts

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:04:35 +0000

got here from a link in a newer article…as a Catholic in the rural south, your #4 made me laugh! :)

By: Kt

Kt — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:25:34 +0000

Merry Christmas, and God bless!

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:17:44 +0000

You are obviously a poor soul and do not realize that CHRISTmas is celebrated because that is when Jesus Christ, our savior, the whole reason we do not carry sin with us was born. & yes the United States is the majority of Christianity so for public schools to have Christmas related things, you can always choose to ask to not participate and do another activity.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:01:55 +0000

I know that this is an old article I have stumbled on, but I agree with every word of it.

I am atheist, but I do enjoy the Christmas spirit enough. It's a time of year where people are a little nicer to each other, and I get time off from work. I like having the time off because we get blizzards here, and it's nice to not have to drive over a few inches of ice to get in to work :)

By: zzx375

zzx375 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:33:00 +0000

And some would complain if they were to be hung with a new rope.

By: akamarkman

akamarkman — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:38:09 +0000

Just wanted to point out that the USA does not have a Christian majority if you actually break apart each sect and consider them separate entities. From what I understand this notion of "unified" Christianity was a political invention and propaganda tool of the late 20th century used to gain votes.

Also, I encourage you to read this wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:27:19 +0000

Thank you for writing this. You've hit on all of the things that I hate about this time of year. I'm the lone Jew in my department, and one of only a handful in the organization. We're in a semi-rural part of the Midwest and I moved here for the job. For some reason, this year finally put me over the edge. Normally I'm fine with being a good sport and going along with all the nonsense, but not this year. So again, thank you for writing this.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:19:57 +0000

I also think we should all celebrate Yom Kippur and Ramadan if we're all going to be forced to celebrate Xmas. We could all stand to atone and to fast.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:14:23 +0000

I totally agree with you.

I was raised Methodist, which I think is one of the more tolerant denominations of Christianity, but I grew up in the Bible belt and had various other forms of Christianity shoved down my throat for two decades. Then I moved to a Catholic part of the country, where people had a whole different set of issues, but were not as shove-it-down-your-throat about it. I currently work at a non-profit that prides itself on its religious tolerance (we have significant Muslim and Jewish populations for our location), but we still decorate for Christmas, and it drives me nuts. People shouldn't have to grow up or live with any holiday shoved down their throats– or just "assumed," which is almost worse because the assumption that you're Christian and celebrating Christmas erases diversity in a really smug, privileged way.

By: Vickie

Vickie — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:43:51 +0000

I so agree with you! I am not Jewish, I am atheist. I get very very tired of people who try to make this a "Christian" country, which it seems to me means doing a lot of shopping for crap for their kids and placing manger scenes on public (AKA my tax dollars are paying) spaces. I agree – lets just have secular set holidays – July 4th, Thanksgiving, etc. and lets provide a few personal days for religious/secular observations. I, for one, am sure that my attention and joy regarding the World Cup exceeds many Christians feelings about Christmas and Easter.