The War on Christmas - A 5-part blog series
Part 1: The Sad State of Christmas (Over-Commercialization and the growing secularism)
Christmas is coming and coming soon and here begins another rush to get the best toys and gifts for our family and loved ones. Rushing to get that Tickle Me Elmo doll or a Playstation 4. Heading out on Thanksgiving Night, forgoing family festivities and tackling the big sales at Wal-Marts, Targets, Kohls, and other stores around the nation. Today, I begin my 5-part journey into today's War on Christmas.
My 5-part series begins with the Sad State of Christmas, which will dive into some of the problems pertaining to what should be one of the most joyous seasons of the year. The 2nd part goes over some of the court cases that have had great contradictions with other holidays and not only that, how 1 person's complaint can ruin an entire school's music concert or bazaar. The 3rd part goes into the historic ages of Christmas, when it was brutally banned from even taking place back in the 1500s, 1600s, and even now going into modern times. The 4th part will go into Black Friday, how business booms on Black Friday but how so often, we forget about the big thing: "Christ." Lastly, we will dive into what Advent brings us this year and every year, and not only that, talk about how even Christians today are failing at realizing what Christmas is really all about.
Have we officially forgotten what Christmas is all about? We certainly have. Each and everyone of us is guilty of forgetting the true meaning of Christmas. The general thought of over-commercialization of Christmas came in 1965 with "A Charlie Brown Christmas" when Charlie Brown questions why we have totally forgotten the true spirit of Christmas. Today, we see heavy commercialization of the holiday as big sales come around, people are flocking to stores left and right just to get the best gift.
To be honest everyone, we have lost that spirit of Christmas. We have forgotten that Christmas is about being with our loved ones during this time and to share the joys of Christ's birth. It seems more and more that today, all we care about is the greed that comes with it. There was certainly no greed when 3 Wise Men gave Jesus Christ their gifts (Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh). There's a lot of greed today and downright arrogance if we didn't get the right gift. Just accept what's given to you.
Now more than ever is the constant reminder of the grow secularism around the holiday. How Christmas trees are being renamed "Holiday trees", how concerts are being cancelled just because of court cases and the power of our constitution's first amendment. Today, a person doesn't want to see the word, "christ" in Christmas. What is the problem that word: To Atheists and Agnostics, It's very offensive and has no place in the holiday season to what they regard as a "myth" and a figment of Christian's imaginations." This will be addressed tomorrow in part 2.
Many stores are moving to rid "Christ" from Christmas and it's raising the ire of many associations in America. There are many examples of this: Like CEOs of Banks telling their branches that Christmas trees are offensive and should not be put up. A JPMorganChase bank in Fort Worth was forced to take all their decorations down due to a customer who felt it was uncomfortable to bank there with all the Christmas Decorations up because she was an atheist. She promptly closed her account down and banked somewhere where "Jesus was not invited."
People, are we this delusional? Have we lost what's left our minds? CHRIST is what CHRISTMAS is all about! Give me a break! C'mon! What? Is the word CHRIST going to leap out and stab you in the back? No it won't.
We have got to stop with this overindulgence in the commercialization of Christmas and begin restoration of the true meaning of Christmas right now. All I see is more and more commercialization. It's just really sad that we see this nowadays.
And now even today... More and more secular holiday themed movies are coming around and we are throwing Christ out of our lives in the ever growing atheist world.
And personally, there just doesn't seem to be any way to stop it.
Now more than ever is the constant reminder of the grow secularism around the holiday. How Christmas trees are being renamed "Holiday trees", how concerts are being cancelled just because of court cases and the power of our constitution's first amendment. Today, a person doesn't want to see the word, "christ" in Christmas. What is the problem that word: To Atheists and Agnostics, It's very offensive and has no place in the holiday season to what they regard as a "myth" and a figment of Christian's imaginations." This will be addressed tomorrow in part 2.
Many stores are moving to rid "Christ" from Christmas and it's raising the ire of many associations in America. There are many examples of this: Like CEOs of Banks telling their branches that Christmas trees are offensive and should not be put up. A JPMorganChase bank in Fort Worth was forced to take all their decorations down due to a customer who felt it was uncomfortable to bank there with all the Christmas Decorations up because she was an atheist. She promptly closed her account down and banked somewhere where "Jesus was not invited."
People, are we this delusional? Have we lost what's left our minds? CHRIST is what CHRISTMAS is all about! Give me a break! C'mon! What? Is the word CHRIST going to leap out and stab you in the back? No it won't.
We have got to stop with this overindulgence in the commercialization of Christmas and begin restoration of the true meaning of Christmas right now. All I see is more and more commercialization. It's just really sad that we see this nowadays.
And now even today... More and more secular holiday themed movies are coming around and we are throwing Christ out of our lives in the ever growing atheist world.
And personally, there just doesn't seem to be any way to stop it.
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