A Tale of Two Christmases
The battle continues, Christmas is under attack, but which Christmas is the victim, and whose doing the attacking? It depends who you ask. Here are two different perspectives on the assault on Christmas.
Jewish Capitalist Saves Christmas-Buys Tree at Wal-Mart
“Lauren’s Weekly Rant- 12-08-2004
Last week I did something bizarre: Well, bizarre for a Jew:
Provoked by pure indignation at the Left’s assault upon Christmas , I marched directly to that evil monument of Capitalism, so deplored by the bleeding Left, known as Wal-Mart and purchased a synthetic Christmas tree.”
This writer goes on about the assault on Christmas until she expresses her greatest fear: “So OK- no Jesus, but WHAT on earth did ‘Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer’ do to deserve the wrath of the liberal Left?…..
Next, Santa will get the Heave-ho!” Read the entire account here.
But there’s another take on the assault on Christmas.
Christmas Wars
“There is a beautiful spiritual message underlying Christmas that has universal appeal: the hope that gets reborn in moments of despair, the light that gets re-lit in the darkest moments of the year, is beautifully symbolized by the story of a child born of a teenage homeless mother who had to give birth in a manger because no one would give her shelter, and escaping the cruelty of Roman imperial rule and its local surrogate Herod who already knew that such a child would grow up to challenge the entire imperialist system. To celebrate that vulnerable child as a symbol of hope that eventually the weak would triumph over the rule of the arrogant and powerful is a spiritual celebration with strong analogies to our Jewish Chanukah celebration which also celebrates the victory of the weak over the powerful. And many other spiritual traditions around the world have similar celebrations at this time of year.
The loss of this message, its subversion into a frenetic orgy of consumption, rightly disturbs Christians and other people of faith.” Read the entire article here.
Our friends on the other side of the borderline are having a field day defending Christmas against the assault. (Probably in response to Machine Gun Barbie ) . Our biggest fan, bildanielson, intellectual leader of the borderline sheep herd, describes a short description of an upcoming winter break on the Hudson High School calendar as “political correctness run amok “. As one who has not succumbed to this brand of PC, (I say Merry Christmas at every checkout line this time of year) I have to agree. The ACLU has convinced school boards that the mere mention of the word Christmas or any inkling of an affirmation of religion, and especially Christian religion, is close to being a crime against humanity. (Don’t they have real civil liberties issues to address, like the Patriot Act?)
But which Christmas are the borderliners defending? Michael Lerner’s Christmas, that sees a deeply spiritual message in the story of Jesus’s birth or the Christmas of the Wal-Mart shopper who buys a fake Christmas tree out of spite for the left and fears that Santa will get the heave ho ?
Although they talk a good line over there at ontheborderline.net my guess is they’re worried Santa, or more realistically that Wal-Mart isn’t going to get its bottom line Christmas bonus profit.
It seems like the initiation into the Christmas club is pretty easy these days, speak out against the assault on Christmas, listen to Rush Limbaugh, become a "values" voter for the Republican Party. That’s about it, you’re in the club and everyone else is your heathen enemy. Now you’re free to the verbally assault and post veiled threats of violence against neighbors and community members ( including soccer moms and their children) who don’t agree with your narrow- minded view. You can freely mock and ridicule school board members and supporters of public education, after all their all Socialists. You can incite and encourage personal attacks against those who are morally bankrupt (from your logically inverted and perverted Ayn Rand world view), and, oh did I forget to mention preach the Gospel of Greed.
The next time you Borderliners are out defending Christmas, here’s a suggestion (I think God called it a Commandment) Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Self. You guys might want to start practicing the tenants of that religion you pretend belong to.
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