2013 War on Christmas

[Herald Angel]

2013 War on Christmas
What happens on a typical Christmas other than the usual restrictions on Christian expression. (hint: wouldn't stop at just being "neutral" and preventing Christians from being "offensive".)

- Columbia University hosts “XMAS!”, a production where the Virgin Mary is seen begging for sex
- “Naked Holidays NYC ’09″ and “Filthy Lucre: A Burlesque Christmas Carol” are nude productions competing with gay shows titled “Santa Claus is Coming Out” and “The Gayest Christmas Present Ever” in New York City
- Those who want to see baby Jesus electrocuted can see “Hot Babes in Toyland,” while those who want to see a fetal rabbit morph into baby Jesus are advised to see “A Very Sandwich Christmas”, also in New York City
- “The Eight: Reindeer Monologues” is being performed in Philadelphia and features a discussion of Santa raping Vixen.
- Seattle is home to “Ham for the Holidays: Lard Potion No. 9,” a play that sparkles with a “teeny-tiny Sequin Gay Men’s Chorus.” Also in Seattle is “It Came from Under the Tree!: A Pickled Puppet Christmas Special” that features nudity and a Michael Jackson character who envies Santa’s way with children.
- “How the Drag Queen Stole Christmas” is being shown in Oakland, California - “Madonna’s Christmas Celebration,” one that features a sexual deviant dressed as the Virgin Mary: he/she talks about the difficulty of having sex with God, coining the phrase “Oh, my God” while having sex with him (this plays in several venues coast-to-coast).

The War on Christmas is really trending.

Social Trends:
https://www.facebook.com/WarOnChristmas a new page on the war getting ~2k fans in 2-3 days.
https://www.facebook.com/KeepChristInChristmas old page with 500k likes
T-shirt campaigns to Keep Christ in Christmas Keep Christ in Christmas - 7 Days only! | Teespring launching

News:
Bill O'Reilly started in late October.
Sarah Palin's new book on the war will be launching on 12th Nov.
Fox news &
The Christmas Candle showing support

How Should Christians react?
I think It's about time that Christians stood up for their First Amendment rights to free speech regarding our religion. That same amendment specifically "prohibits the making of any law that impedes the free exercise of religion," yet we have sat silently while our religious freedoms have been taken from us, one by one. Freedom of religion in America has come to mean freedom to be anything but Christian. Let's change that. A great place to start is by keeping Christ in Christmas.

 

[GenetoJean]

You put this in news and current events. This should be good.

 

[ProudMomxmany]

December 25th is not Christ's "birthday". It is not celebrated in the Bible except for the gospel narrative accounts. Who cares!!! We don't celebrate "Christmas". I couldn't care less about the so-called "War on Christmas"...there are bigger things to concern myself with.

 

[Sayen]

I'll hate myself for getting into this...but exactly what religious freedoms have been taken away from Christians regarding Christmas? Everything you posted is in support of speech issues, just not on the Christian side of things. Did I miss the government outlawing private citizens the right to celebrate traditional Christmas again?

 

[GenetoJean]

December 25th is not Christ's "birthday". It is not celebrated in the Bible except for the gospel narrative accounts. Who cares!!! We don't celebrate "Christmas". I couldn't care less about the so-called "War on Christmas"...there are bigger things to concern myself with.

Hmm, I didnt think of that. 3 fronts to this war on Christmas.

 

[SummerMadness]

Christmas and Santa Claus? I'm too busy in prayer at church to worry about what other people are doing on Christmas. I don't even celebrate as those pushing this "war" claim I should be celebrating. No one has stopped me from helping the less fortunate and spreading love to my fellow man, so what is this war you speak of?

 

[dad]

Christmas and Santa Claus? I'm too busy in prayer at church to worry about what other people are doing on Christmas. I don't even celebrate as those pushing this "war" claim I should be celebrating. No one has stopped me from helping the less fortunate and spreading love to my fellow man, so what is this war you speak of?

Perhaps he referred to the war against Christ and all thing Christian by the nation that some thought was supposed to be under God.

 

[ProudMomxmany]

Perhaps he referred to the war against Christ and all thing Christian by the nation that some thought was supposed to be under God.

Oh the clause added to the "Pledge of Allegiance" that was added in the 50's to combat the "Red Menace"??? Yeah...don't say that one either.

Where do people get the idea that the USA is some sort of place that is divinely favored by God? News flash...it's NOT!!!! Israel is STILL the land of God's chosen people.

The "war" on "Christians" that is supposedly taking place here is NOTHING compared to the real persecution of Christians in China, North Korea, Egypt, Iran, Iraq and other countries that openly persecute (to death) Christians. For heaven's sake...lose the persecution complex. We have it made here!

 

[A2SG]

There is no war on christmas.

Hey christians, you want to celebrate christmas your way? Have a ball. No one will stop you. Seriously, no one. NO. ONE.

What you don't get, though, is the right to define the holiday for everyone else. The celebration at the end of December has been called many things over the entirety of humanity's history, and has acquired many different traditions from many different cultures, both religious and secular. At the present day, the celebration we call "christmas" contains elements of pagan worship, secular celebration, and observances from just about every religion man has come up with.

But one thing christmas isn't is an exclusive christian holiday. It predates christianity by a long while.

So christians complaining about others not observing the holiday "the right way" are kind of like someone crashing a party, declaring themselves host, and yelling at everyone that they're at the wrong party.

Christmas is an all inclusive celebration. You want to join in and add your traditions to the mix? Fine, have fun. But don't forget, you didn't start it, and you don't get to call the shots.

If there is anything like a "war" on christmas, it's you guys who have started it. Knock it off and enjoy the holidays with the rest of us. Or go into a corner and sulk. Your call really.

The War on Christmas is really trending.

That's what it all boils down to, isn't it? "The War on Christmas" (tm) is nothing more than an ad campaign designed to turn the focus onto you and your agenda.

The sooner you realize it ain't all about you, the sooner we can all enjoy the tidings of the season and get a little bit closer to peace on earth, good will to men.

-- A2SG, forget where I heard that....

 

[Oafman]

I call on the free thinking peoples of the developed world. The time is upon us once more, when we must fight the forces of Christmas. To arms my friends, to arms!

We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in Lapland, we shall fight in the grottos and shopping malls, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength on internet forums, we shall defend our Winterval, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight by the nativity scenes, we shall fight in the snowy fields and in the decorated streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!

 

[TerranceL]

The greatest battle in the war on christmas was fought by christians against christmas, it was the battle to turn the whole event into a massive secular spending spree.

Christians won that battle and any one who wanted any actual sanctity in the holiday lost.

 

[A2SG]

The greatest battle in the war on christmas was fought by christians against christmas, it was the battle to turn the whole event into a massive secular spending spree.

Christians won that battle and any one who wanted any actual sanctity in the holiday lost.

Well, to be fair, the tradition of gift giving at the end of the year goes back to ancient Rome, long before the time of christ, at least. So christians didn't create that tradition, but I grant you, boy howdy has it exploded since!

-- A2SG, I'm dreaming of a green chri$tma$.......

 

[USincognito]

The first shots of the Fake War On Christmas fired even before November starts.

 

[marshlewis]

Oh goody its the, war against Christmas, time of the year again. Last year was a blast. If this does not become a Christmas tradition like the red fat dude made up by coke (TM) then what is the internet age for!.

 

[Gadarene]

As ever - Christians complain about the festival they hijacked from another group.....being hijacked by other groups.

Couldn't make it up

 

[FreeSpirit74]

I don't buy into the whole "war on Christmas" idea, but I DO agree with the OP that everything on the list he posted are extremely tasteless.

When I was a kid, that was the holiday I looked forward to more than any other, and even as an adult I start champing at the bit this time of year to get past Thanksgiving so I can put my tree up and start playing Christmas music (secular AND religious songs!). I was in Walmart last night, and just HAD to go browse the Christmas section, but had to scoot on out before I started taking stuff off the shelves!

 

[Picky Picky]

The first shots of the Fake War On Christmas fired even before November starts.

Yeah, the War on Christmas gets earlier every year. Haven't even got over the War on Hallowe'en yet. Soon the shops will be full of the War on Easter. They should give us a break.

 

[dad]

Oh the clause added to the "Pledge of Allegiance" that was added in the 50's to combat the "Red Menace"??? Yeah...don't say that one either.

On the coinage of the kingdom, and in other places the claim is made to be under God. That is not true. Obama clearly reminded you folks that you are not a Christian nation any more, if you ever were. Rather than a Christian nation, it now supports Muslim terrorists that kill Christians.

..Israel is STILL the land of God's chosen people.

Does that include the people living in "Israel" that are Palestinian, and Christian, and etc? Does that include the non believing Jews?

The "war" on "Christians" that is supposedly taking place here is NOTHING compared to the real persecution of Christians in China, North Korea, Egypt, Iran, Iraq and other countries that openly persecute (to death) Christians.

A baby that has at least one believing parent is saved. Millions of babies...Christians...are killed in the US! In China there are millions and millions of Christians. They have the advantage of having known that their government was against God. In the US, probably even to this day, there are millions that seem to think their nation is on God's side!

For heaven's sake...lose the persecution complex. We have it made here!

I have it made anywhere! The issue is that officially, in the nation still claiming to be under God, His Son is banned from almost everywhere.

 

[dad]

The first shots of the Fake War On Christmas fired even before November starts.

The central point in all History is Christ. That is the issue that matters. How a nation treats Him and His determines their fate. Jesus already determined our fate, we have no worries either way.

 

[Gailerina]

The easiest thing to do is just not care about the holiday like I do.

Christmas has very little to do with Christ. It is more about spending money to either impress people or annoy me by playing Christmas music for over a month.

I don't need a holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus.