And to all a good night
Every year on the newspaper of Dec. 25 -- known to many as Christmas day -- we strip a greeting to our readers above the newspaper nameplate on the front page. Given the faux controversy brewing over de-Christianizing Christmas, you want to weigh in now with your preferences?
To put things into perspective, in 1985, we published a drawing of elves in Santa's workshop above the flag (no words). In 1990, we published "Season's Greetings," the salutation we've used ever since.
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I think on Christmas Day, you should put the words "Merry Christmas" at the top of the newspaper. Doesn't that seem like the most reasonable thing to do? If you were putting a seasonal message at the top every day in December, fine, make it "Season's Greetings." But why put a generic tiding on the one day that is the main holiday?
Posted on December 12, 2005 9:43 AM
I'll agree with that, Jason.
Posted on December 12, 2005 9:51 AM
This year it's also the first day of Hanukkah.
Posted on December 12, 2005 9:56 AM
JESUS CHRIST is LOVE. HIS LOVE IS ALL INCLUSIVE. NO ONE IS EXCLUDED...NOT EVEN THE SECULARIST WHO WANT OF RID THE WORLD OF HIS NAME. ACCEPTING CHRIST IS VOLUNTARY...NO ONE IS FORCED TO ACCEPT HIS LOVE.THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS CAN ONLY BE EXPERIENCED BY THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED HIS LOVE.
Posted on December 12, 2005 10:27 AM
I stood in Williams Sonoma yesterday choosing gifts for my clients. I had to explain to my daughter that I was reluctant to put a card in the gifts with this faux Xmas thing and PC gone made. I decided to put a big pretty sticker on each one from my company and with little or no greeting (something like, "Enjoy!"). And I've got a PhD in cultural diversity studies. A lot of good that does me! Oh heck, do what you've always done and 12/25 isn't the first day of Chanukah; it's the first night. (I have too much fun sometimes :)
Posted on December 12, 2005 12:07 PM
That would be "gone mad," and not "gone made."
Posted on December 12, 2005 12:08 PM
I would just like some follow up coverage on the mayor's great task force formed after your newspaper published the crack series last year. That is all I want for x mas.
Posted on December 12, 2005 12:25 PM
Yeah, this whole "faux controversy" is one of the biggest tempests-in-a-teapot I can remember in my 49 years.
Just because SOME PEOPLE and SOME BUSINESSES say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" or whatever, this does *not* constitute any kind of "war on Christmas" or "war on Christians." If there were such a war, then you would be arrested and thrown in jail for saying "Merry Christmas." So give it a rest unless that happens.
John, I (and probably 85% of people) think it would be perfectly fine for you to put EITHER "Merry Christmas" OR "Happy Holidays" above the nameplate, and I don't know a single Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist or even general misanthrope who would be offended by either.
Happy Holidays,
Tony
Posted on December 12, 2005 1:47 PM
Mr. Ledford, According to the Drudge Report, Paul Lewis, CEO of Progressive Insurance gave 8.5 million to the ACLU to wage war on Christmas. You can read this on the Drudge Report on line.
Posted on December 13, 2005 8:03 AM
Dog:
As of this moment, Drudge is leading his page with the Golden Globes nods. There doesn't seem to be any mention of the ACLU.
One of the diarists at Red State has a piece on the 529 contributions made by the CEO of Progressive Insurance, Peter B. Lewis.
The NY Times piece about the ACLU linked to by RedState.org is here (reg. req.). The story doesn't mention Christmas.
Posted on December 13, 2005 10:44 AM
Mr Mewson,
Give me your Email address and I will foward it to you!
Posted on December 13, 2005 1:21 PM