Ah, Christmas. The capitalist wet-dream. An entire season dedicated to materialism, over spending, commercialism, spending, massive debt, over eating, excessive travel, and traffic accidents.
Oh, and family, and love, and the birth of Christ and all that.
I'm not saying I don't like the spirit of the holiday - I do. I love Christmas. It's just that somewhere along the lines we kinda went overboard.
But everybody knows that already - that's not what this is about.
It's about political correctness.
Somewhere along the lines, Christmas became a non-PC term. Okay, fair enough, it's one of the most important Christian holidays after Easter - but is it really such a taboo to say "Merry Christmas"? I've grown up saying it, almost everybody I know says it, even if they aren't Christian.
I have Jewish friends who say Merry Christmas, rather then Happy Hanukkah
I have Muslim friends who say it, I have Atheist friends who say it, I never even once considered not saying it when I started following Taoism. I have yet to meet somebody who is willingly saying "Happy Holidays".
So why is it such a taboo lately?
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