Happy Holidays,..or Holy Days?

DanielUA, over at Young Philly Politics, has a post that takes issue with a pro-Christmas editorial yesterday in the Philadelphia Fishwrapper.


I, for one, believe there is a slow, inexorable push to eliminate ANY religious connotation to the holiday season, be it Christian or Jewish in nature.


On DanielUA's post, redfox1 has a decent reply that I agree with in spirit, but wish to take a little further:

It seems that there really is a difference between wishing someone "Happy Holidays" as a means of shortening a long-winded "Happy-Thanksgiving-Happy-Hanukkah-Merry-Christmas-Happy New Year" and saying "Happy Holidays" as a way of asserting you belief in some Socialist Utopia dreamworld, where all religions have been eliminated, and that the obscene marriage of this notion with American commercialism is nothing more than an excuse to have a November 1st-to-January 1st spending frenzy that borders on the pornographic these days!

So with that said, here are a few snippets of Dr. Jim A. Farrell's post:

Don't dilute the meaning of Christmas

By Dr. JIM A. FARRELL

For the Daily News

It's December. The usual battles regarding Christmas and its celebration are again raging. Attempts are once again being made to neutralize Christmas-to strip it of its meaning essentially by changing the language.

(snip)
Christmas is the occasion of the birth of Jesus the Christ, the son of God. Jesus was supernaturally conceived in Mary by God; for His holy purpose. Jesus was God in human flesh, born to Mary and Joseph to "save God's people from their sin" (Matthew 1:21)

(snip)
You might refuse to receive the expression; you might not want to act upon the truth it conveys. You might refuse to accept and celebrate Christmas for what it truly means. But please, don't neutralize it!

Dr. Jim A. Farrell is pastor of Oreland (Pa.) Presbyterian Church