This term is really starting to annoy me and it seems to be creeping more and more into our vocabulary due to a combination of the political correctness brigade and Americans.
Now I'm not particularly religious but I respect all religions so why do certain factions of the public and the media insist on calling Christmas "The Holiday Season"
Christmas is a christian religious festival, we don't go about calling Ramadan "The Fasting Season" or Yom Kippur "The Abstinence Season" so why should Christmas be treated any differently.
Unless of course in a glaring oversight by theologists and academics the world over it has nothing at all to do with celebrating the birth of the baby Jesus but is actually celebrating the inception of Saint Thomas of Cook, patron saint of holiday destinations and cheap self catering apartments.
If that is the case then in my book the "Holiday Season" surely starts around April and ends around August and during that time it is celebrated by nipping down the the travel agents, packing your trunks and suntan lotion and going on your "Summer holidays"??So as a request would all you politically correct arseholes and most of America please refer to this time as Christmas.
Rant over......
2 comments:
The politically correct term is there because christmas is one of many holidays celebrated from the end of November to the beginning of January.
"christmas is one of many holidays celebrated from the end of November to the beginning of January."
Firstly, Christmas is NOT a holiday it is a Christian religious festival.
It's also interesting that you only refer to the months of Novemeber to January.
For your argument to hold any credence the entire year would have to be referred to as "The holiday season" as there are a number of major religous festivals throughout the year with many religions having overlapping celebrations.
March alone has over 10 different religions including Christianity holding some form of festival and in April a further 5 religions celebrating and yet this period isn't referred to as "The holiday season" by the politically correct.
Why not?
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