Christian Group Launches New Attack on Christmas Commercialism

[Darth Wagtaros]

Maybe she should shut the fuck up and take credit for some poor ass family getting a fucking goat.  Bitch.

[Neil]

Maybe she should shut the fuck up and take credit for some poor ass family getting a fucking goat.  Bitch.

Yeah.  Hooray for aggravating desertification in Africa.

You're such a retard.

[Caliga]

Don't you mean, in -front- of? 

Prefer doggie. 

[merithyn]

As a Christian, I don't want people to lose sight of the true meaning of the holiday, but as a capitalist, I don't think that anything can ever become over-commercialized.

Which "true meaning"? Given there are several "true meanings" of this time of year, I'm interested in what is your version of "true". I'm fairly sure mine will be different.

[Admiral Yi]

Not enough "quotation marks" Meri.  Your post would be better if there were more "quotation marks."  The more "quotation marks" the better, I always say.

Agree with Notorious that the author of Butt's article is a crank.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

't would of course be ever so handy if people realised that making merry with friends and family, or the community at large, to celebrate the inevitable victory of life over death and darkness is the meaning of this holy day. Wether it's called christmas, solstice, yule or sol invictus-day.

[Sheilbh]

The Moral Maze () did an episode on Christmas recently and I found the most impressive guy was a Christian who was saying much the same as these groups. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

Maybe she should shut the fuck up and take credit for some poor ass family getting a fucking goat.  Bitch.

Yeah.  Hooray for aggravating desertification in Africa.

You're such a retard.

Goat in a can then.  They get meat and a handy re-usable storage receptacle. 

[Scipio]

Eh, fair enough. I am always amazed at the "War on christmas" bunch, but this is reasonable.

Side note: What do you guys say when friends and family ask what you want, but you don't need anything?

Assume we're talking about family members who'd find asking them to donate to a charity to be offensive.

Thank you, but I don't really need anything.

[merithyn]

Not enough "quotation marks" Meri.  Your post would be better if there were more "quotation marks."  The more "quotation marks" the better, I always say.

Agree with Notorious that the author of Butt's article is a crank.

Cut me some slack. I was coming off my 3rd 12-hour work day in a row. I thought it was impressive I managed a somewhat coherent post at all.

[Berkut]

Not enough "quotation marks" Meri.  Your post would be better if there were more "quotation marks."  The more "quotation marks" the better, I always say.

Agree with Notorious that the author of Butt's article is a crank.

Cut me some slack. I was coming off my 3rd 12-hour work day in a row. I thought it was impressive I managed a somewhat coherent post at all.

It wasn't really all that "coherent".

[merithyn]

It wasn't really all that "coherent".

I tried.

I'm just always amused at people saying things like that. While yes, there is a true meaning of Christmas, there are still quite a few others meanings to this season. Every time I hear someone grumble about how the true meaning of the season is lost, I can't help but be annoyed.

[Berkut]

It wasn't really all that "coherent".

I tried.

I'm just always amused at people saying things like that. While yes, there is a true meaning of Christmas, there are still quite a few others meanings to this season. Every time I hear someone grumble about how the true meaning of the season is lost, I can't help but be annoyed.

Sorry, I don't understand what you are trying to say here.

[dps]

As a Christian, I don't want people to lose sight of the true meaning of the holiday, but as a capitalist, I don't think that anything can ever become over-commercialized.

Which "true meaning"? Given there are several "true meanings" of this time of year, I'm interested in what is your version of "true". I'm fairly sure mine will be different.

Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas.  Linus will explain it.