Opinion

What's the holiday? Oh yeah, Christmas

Posted December 15, 2009 10:00 pm

Of all the ridiculous things the politically correct crowd has championed, marginalizing Christmas is one of the most idiotic. A Holiday party? A Holiday tree?

These terms are so stupid they insult people's intelligence, and they are a blatant insult to Christians. There is no need to stop using the real name of what is the most important day of the Christmas Season - obviously Christmas Day. There is no reason to pretend the birthday of Christ is not a religious holiday. As a predominantly Christian nation, founded by Christians, it is our most celebrated religious day. Why ignore it?

Christmas is not a threat to anyone, not even an atheist. It is not exclusive, people of no faith or other faiths can still enjoy themselves at a Christmas party. Other religions have their holidays, and no one says it is necessary to eliminate the names of those days for secular words. So let's drop the small-minded PC names, and show the respect to Christ, to Christians, and stop insulting people's intelligence; call the day its proper name: Christmas.

Harold Knudsen

Arlington Heights

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