Haines His Way

OR "Mary Christmas" and "Marry Christmas"?

Naturally.

I'm very much a "Merry Christmas" guy.  I have very little patience for December's ultra political correctness.  It just gets so ridiculous, going so far that a local elementary school principal has done away with the "giving tree" in the office, as the word "tree" being used in December implies Christmas and, therefore, Christianity.  Ugh!

I also find it funny that only the majority can ever be un-P.C.  My degree is in music education, and I can tell you that you can program as much Hanukkah music and such as you like with no complaint whatsoever from anybody.  But dare program one song for your December concert that mentions Jesus and all hell breaks loose.

Bear in mind that this is coming from an agnostic guy whose only trips to a church in his life have been for weddings and choir concerts.  I just don't see it as anything to get so wound up about.  For many people (myself included), Christmas is a societal holiday just as much as a religious one.  Public acknowledgement that it's happening isn't going to be catastrophic for anybody, even if it is religion based.

I listen to all the beautiful Christmas music at home but boy did I cringe when the school included songs about Jesus for my children to sing.  I could overlook everything else but that.

Doing away with the “giving tree” seems a bit absurd.  Does the concept still exist?

Re: Happy holidays vs Merry Christmas.

There was a very heated discussion about sending Christmas cards on The View one day this week.

Elisabeth said that she just sent everybody Christmas cards, and Joy was sort of put off by that.

I do like Elisabeth but I found what she was saying sort of obnoxious.  I do think that the card is meant FOR THE OTHER person not for you. If you know the person you are sending the card to is Jewish then why would you send them a Christmas card.

Most people I know send cards that are appropriate for the person receiving the card.  And if they happen to have one card they send out to everybody, then at the very least they would write in "happy channukah" or whatever.

Jennifer I understand how you feel.  We receive some very religious Christian cards.  I just consider the source and understand how much this means to them & remember to be pleased they wrote.  Then I tuck those cards behind others.

We received a beautiful homemade Chanukah card in the mail today.    

I have a very good friend, who  told me (many years ago, when we first met) that she didn't send out Christmas cards because she was Jewish, and said she hoped I wouldn't be insulted when I didn't get one.  So I told her of course I wouldn't be insulted, but asked her if she refrained from sending out birthday cards to her friends and family because it wasn't her birthday.

Since then every year I get a Christmas card from her and without fail, I send her a Hannukah card and make sure I get a Hannukah stamp from the post office to put on her envelope.

LOL!!

When I was young my parents would try to invite a non-Jewish friend to join our Passover Seder's.  

I'm really lucky having grown up celebrating two sets of holidays.  I never found it confusing, some (Christian holidays) were fun and filled with material gifts, others (Jewish) had special meaning and gave me far greater gifts I still carry with me.

VALISE NAVIDAD - That's the title of my next indie Christmas film, about a couple that spends all day on Christmas looking for their lost luggage.

Does anyone remember the Feliz Navidad parody that was making the rounds a number of years ago.  Seriously, I'm not making this up.

Phylicia Rashad, Phylicia Rashad, Phylicia Rashad
She play the Mom, Bill Cosby play the Dad

She is the sister of Debbie Allen,
She is the sister of Debbie Allen,
She is the sister of Debbie Allen,
Who used to be on Fame.



I forget the rest of it.  

Jed, giving counter-LOL.

At the elementary school level there are plenty of songs to challenge their voices, IMHO.  I had no objection to the songs chosen by the choir teacher in Middle School-but then that school was sensitive to the "other" populations of students.

If you had been the music instructor and had explained why non-Jesus mentioning songs weren’t musically challenging I’m sure I would have felt differently than I did.  When these songs were included due to lack of sensitivity or prejudice against other races and religions it was very upsetting.

Good news vibes for Rodzinsky.

JMK-great family photos.

François-LOL.  Td hasn’t been offended.  He should return soon.

As has POLICE NAVIDAD - many references to that.  

François-LOL.  Td hasn’t been offended.  He should return soon.

I hope it's BEFORE December the 25th!!!

Darn, I just googled VALISE NAVIDAD and found out it's been done already.

Ckeck! It might be just... by you! (Bayou?!)

Francois - Was your post above a sly reference to the song "Christmas Bayou" by any chance?  

Francois - Was your post above a sly reference to the song "Christmas Bayou" by any chance?  

Hmmm... don't know this one!

Bayou always makes me think of Blue Bayou sung by Karen Charpentier, I mean... Carpenter! Btw, Joseph was a carpenter!
We stay in the theme, don't we?

I wonder if I can make it to post #900 on page 9 on the 9th - if I can do that, I can give up being obsessive-compulsive for the rest of the year.

The rest of the year!!... the rest of the year!!

That should be a short rest!

(December the 25th, me dear! december the 25th! Bah! Home bug!)

Keith is waiting to watch something.  I should know what being that it is Friday.

Playing in the jukebox were tons of CD’s ALL DAY LONG!  It is wonderful having music again.

‘night.