Finally been won.
So say the pundits.
Even I noticed - on those rare occasions when I ventured out Christmas shopping - that clerks and other shoppers seem to go out of their way to wish everyone within earshot – a “very merry Christmas”.
In past years, the phrase ‘Happy Holidays’ was much more prevalent.
But just to confirm this great victory over political correctness, I checked with ‘very close friends’ to see what type of Christmas card receipts they received this past December.
These ‘very close friends; had received 35 Christmas cards – much reduced from years gone by – but with postal rates peaking at a buck a card, one can understand that volumes are down.
Of the 35 cards 25 mentioned the word ‘Christmas’. Sorry, rather, 25 mentioned ‘Seasons Greetings’. (I guess by ‘Seasons Greetings’ these 25 cards are referring to the Winter Season so can we expect a similar offering for Spring, Summer and again in Fall?” )
Four (4) mentioned Christmas but did not deal with its significance.
Six (6) could be considered religious in nature but only 3 of those included an actual religious picture and only one of those portrayed a traditional Christmas scene – baby Jesus with mother Mary.
So maybe – just maybe, the war against Christmas has not been won.
In fairness to those who sent cards – I found it virtually impossible to find traditional Christmas cards for sale.
So although the vendors have now instructed their staff to ‘Merry Christmas” away – their products remain just as politically correct as ever.
The War against Christmas continues and we as Christians need to demand that Christmas be put back into our Cards as we did with Christmas Greetings at the cash.
As I see it…
‘K.D. Galagher’
