What Others Say About the Xmas "Debate"

Below is a letter to the editor I recently read that sums that shreads balanced light on the discussion:

“I have been entertained by the arguments, both pro and con, in the Merry Christmas controversy. Personally, I don’t take issue with stores using “Happy Holidays” in their ads. They are selling to everyone, not only those who celebrate Christmas. People who feel victimized by this so-called assault on their beliefs have already lost sight of the true meaning of Christmas anyway. Self-proclaimed “Christian shoppers” who are upset that the commercial giants aren’t respecting the religious nature of the season need to put on their WWJB bracelets and ask themselves “What would Jesus buy?”

David Heath
Shoreview
Letter to the editor
12/17/05 St. Paul Pioneer Press



Columnist Ellen Goodman recently wrote an interesting piece on the topic of Mrrey Christmas V. Happy Holidays that provides historic background from the public and religious perspectives of Christmas:

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