Speaking of bent outta shape...

So I have to add my 2 cents worth on the Christmas vs. Holiday issue, since I'm in a crabby mood today, anyway.

Okay, Christmas is a Holiday... celebrated in many ways. By those who strictly adhere to the true origins of the holiday... by many folks who are not religious (myself included), and a whole buncha folks in between. I also celebrate Halloween, and I don't particularly subscribe to it's original pagan rituals, either. Commercialized as they may be, many holidays have simply evolved... grown, gained new traditions and mythologies. It does not diminish their original meanings... it just adds to them.

Though I am not religious at all, I am offended by neither Christmas' original purpose of celebrating Christ's birthday, nor it's subsequent evolutions, mergings and additions. It's a holiday. To me, the mutual meaning of many of the holidays this time of year is about celebration, thankfulness, family, friends and good will, anyway.

So those gettin bent outta shape over Christmas... get over it. If you prefer another holiday, get in the overall spirit and celebrate! I don't think it really matters WHAT your celebrating... there's plenty of holiday cheer (and/or stress and/or heartache) to go around. Somebody wishes you Merry Christmas... wish them Blessed Yule right back. Or whatever.

And if you don't want to celebrate anything... well, then don't... but leave everyone else celebrate a NATIONAL holiday in peace.

However, it is most certainly not the ONLY friggin holiday this time of year. I think it is supremely egotistical to get bent outta shape over somebody wishing you Happy Holidays... claiming that the PC police are trying to take Christ out of Christmas. Good fucking grief... nobody's taking Christ out of Christmas... they're simply acknowledging that there happens to be one or two OTHER holidays this time of year. Get over it.

I swear, I can accept just about anybody's arguments for believing as they do... but start gettin militant over it (read: stupid), and I've just stopped taking you seriously. Boycotting stores for saying Happy Holidays is just plain silly.

*folding up speech and stepping off of soap box*