I received this from my Homeschool with Humor email group and thought I'd share it.  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  I was one of those crazy shoppers out bright and early on Friday morning, but I've gotten 90% of my shopping done and about half of it wrapped and under the tree already.  If you would, just pray for my patience while I try to keep Aden from destroying the CHRISTmas tree. LOL

Hugs,

Amanda

 'Twas the month before Christmas when all through our land, Not a Christian was praying nor taking a stand.
Why the PC Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.

The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a " Holiday ".
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!

Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets are hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe's the word Christmas was no where to be found.

At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears
You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-is-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.

Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton !
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.

And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season stopped before it started.

So as you celebrate "Winter Break" under your "DreamTree"
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday ! 

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Posted by Anonymous

There are those of us in this country who are different in a religous sense. We are this way out of a conviction that what we are doing is the right thing. I am Jewish. It does not offend me that people observe Christmas and I don't want to force anyone "to go into hiding" with their holiday. But I just want you to step in the shoes of me and my children for a minute. Everywhere we go between October and January we are inundated with Christmas. I cant go to a store without being wished a Merry Christmas several times. Cashiers asking my children what Santa is going to bring them for Christmas? The stores all play Christmas music. I can't listen to the radio because it is mostly Christmas music. My Children don't go to school because at Easter, Christmas, and Halloween they would have religious beliefs that we don't agree with, shoved down their throats. How would you feel if the shoe was on the other foot and everywhere you and your children went Hanukkah music was playing. And people wished your children a "chag samaach" (good holiday) and asked them if their Ima (mother) was going to make them lots of "latkes" (potato pankakes) for dinner? You would feel very out of place and your children would feel like these people were speaking a foreign language to them. All in all it would make you not wan't to go out of the house for 3 months of the year.

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Posted by SurvivingTheTestosterone

Anonymous, you have some very valid points and I think I understand better than you give me credit for. You see, as Christians we have to be careful not to offend people by our beliefs. There are people who preach tolerance yet they become very intolerant to Christians, especially conservative ones. I guess that's why I treasure Christmas so much and it's my very favorite holiday. Not only do I get to celebrate the birth of my Savior, but it's the one time of the year it's politically correct to do so. Now, I certainly am not afraid of a little confrontation/debate about my faith. However in the spirit of the season, I try to be a little more kind about such things. And for what it's worth, I despise Halloween with Valentine's day running a close second behind it. :) I hate all the ghoulish scary stuff associated with both of those holidays. LOL

One thing that helps me deal with the holidays in which I don't participate is it gives me the opportunity to share a different point of view. Have you ever thought about what you could teach people about your faith? I would love nothing more than for someone to ask me about Christianity after I tell them I dislike Halloween.

Thanks for your input and I hope you stop by my blog again.

Hugs,
Amanda

Edited by SurvivingTheTestosterone on Dec. 1, 2008 at 9:58 AM

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Posted by Anonymous

I think that too often people only look at their differences and not the things they have in common. I know that there are many similarites between Christianity and Judaism after all they both came from the same place. When it comes to how you should treat others most religions agree. It gets harder to figure out when you start getting into the religous practices and how not to step on eachothers toes ,especially when it comes to children in school. I for one, think that religion should be in school. I just want my children to go to a school where my religion is taught. That isn't available where I live. I don't believe that state sponsored schools should deal with religion but then again I don't believe that just because someone can't afford private school or homeschool that their children ahould have to go to a humanistic school that forces evolution to be taught. Maybe I favor a voucher system :)

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