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Originally Posted by melissa_bear003
I honestly find it offensive that you'd try and tell someone what they had to believe in order to celebrate a holiday, that for some, is about family, good will to fellow men, etc...but isn't Christian.
I wouldn't dream of telling ANYONE what they could and couldn't celebrate in their own home...and btw, 'Christmas' started out as a Pagan holiday. Christ was born in the spring, but His birth is celebrated in Dec because it was believed easier for those of Pagan beliefs to switch over.
Freedom of religion. That pretty much sums it up.
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LOL, don't get offended. Sorry but I'm not telling you or anyone else anything to get offended about. It's Christmas!! It's Christmas, people might want to believe in Christ to celebrate "Christmas". Freedom of religion doesn't sum it up for the Celebration of Christ's birth..it's not a PC free for all on that one. Sure it's possible to celebrate kindness and peace and love and good will, but don't do it under the guise of something one might not believe in. That was the point.
Timing: If parents can hold a birthday party weeks after a kids birthday for whatever reason they see fit (weather, date of the week it falls on, family scheduels, etc) then so could those who set the date of Christmas way back when. Holidays and timing can get chaged around for all kinds of reasons...shoot we just had Thanksgiving yesterday over here becuase my dad got food poisoning from Bad chinese take out on Wednesday. We knew what the day was about regardless of it's "date or time".
We can play around with everything else, but let's respect what is in fact a specific relgious holiday. It's not offensive, it's reality; Christmas is the celebration of Christ's birth..not a feel good day just because. I respect other religions and their traditions and I'd request mine be respected just the same.