Christmas Is All About The Loot, Everyone Knows That

[redbrunja]

So, the whole cultural switch from saying 'Merry Christmas' to saying 'Happy Holidays' has come up on my flist a couple of times lately.

It's reminded me that I find Christmas to be more of a secular, national holiday than a religious one.

My question for you, dear flist, is 'does the growing secularism of Christmas make it more inclusive'?

Because my instinctive reaction is 'yes' but it is still called 'Christmas' and it's not like days that are important for other religions are turned into national holidays.

Comments

[sureasdawn.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow... you're right. That is kind of incredibly creepy, now that I think about it.

I think my favorite Christmas story right now is from an episode of Blackadder, where they basically rewrite "A Christmas Carol" where Edmund is Scrooge - only instead he's good and pleasant and giving, and the ghost of Christmas comes and visits anyway (blind drunk) and shows him that his future would be better if he were a bastard.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That is WAY more likely to be accurate than the traditional tales.