December 24, 2007 - 11:41 pm
Merry Christmas!
And if that offends you, then this is for you…
“Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great.
Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishes.
By accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.”
F**k it…
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!!!
P.S. This was originally attributed to the ACLU, but I read that it was in fact part of the routine of George Carlin.
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I think this is a fake controversy stirred up by some talk show hosts for ratings. I am old and I have never heard anyone object to being told “Merry Christmas.” There are those few nutsos out there but because we hear about them whining on the news, we think they are more common than they are.
What I hate about this is that it has turned “Merry Christmas” into some militant in-your-face kind of thing instead of a nice sentiment. It makes me very sad.
December 26th, 2007 at December 26, 2007 - 3:11 pm