Link: Oy to the world – Los Angeles Times, by Joel Stein, Dec. 6, 2005.
No, there’s no war on Christmas. But this attempt to be inclusive by tamping down on the Christ birth stuff, while well intentioned, is just making us non-Christians feel worse. All I want from you is to admit — whether you’re religious or not — that these customs are inexorably tied in to the birth of your savior. Then I’ll be happy to celebrate your culture with you, if you want me to. Because it beats my people trying to persuade me to whoop it up over a story about an extra-long-lasting candle and a toy that’s so obviously just a badly made top.
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