Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock
The four horsemen of the Christmas
Tuesday, December 13, 2005. Season’s greetings! Happy holidays! Quonset hut! Darwin’s Canterbury Jitterbug! Intelligent menorahs! Now, have I covered the four horsemen of the Christmas season? (I count five, too. Gotta watch ’em.)
Too much ink has been spilled on this fall’s from-out-of-nowhere, wholly invented controversy of the use of Happy Holidays rather than Merry Christmas so I’ll write little. It’s not new. "Season’s Greetings" has been the preferred Christmas-card and store-display message for decades of people who were writing or selling to others some of whom may not be Christian. It has been a matter of good faith, if you will, not a mass-marketing technique.
The idea that representatives of the Christian majority can claim persecution in a democracy is preposterous. The once-Silent Majority can claim to be inconvenienced or annoyed on occasion by a minority, and with good timing (and luck) be offended by a minority, but Protestants never can be discriminated against in America. Too much clout. Plus, it’s un-American.
This commentary argues this much better than today’s Brick.
How can Christian leaders encourage yet more insensitivity, especially to push intolerance among those predisposed to being foul upon the least provocation? -30-
