Ok, so here I am, writing yet another article for the Press, when I should
be focusing on my upcoming finals. But, I just cannot resist. I just walked
into my den where Bill O’Reilly was on the TV talking about the whole
anti-Christmas crusade. Ok, I know, Bill is an evil brainwashing menace. But
he did bring up a very good point that I failed to mention in my article “Long
Live Christmas!” That point was Barbara Streisand and how she has made
millions of dollars by releasing Christmas albums on which she sings Christmas
songs. Now, it is a widely known fact that Barbara Streisand is Jewish, and
a very liberal person to boot. So, I am not going to get into the argument about
how Christmas has become nothing more than a boon to the consumer industry.
Rather, I am simply going to make the point that if a Jew can profit from the
joy of celebrating Christmas, that non-Christians cannot therefore claim that
Christmas is an affront to all the non-Christians in the USA.
As for the European Union and its attempt to become a secular continent, I do
respect the fact that Europe still thrives during the Christmas season. Every
single European country has tons of Christmas markets. Today I saw a picture
of the hospital in Vienna where Ukrainian presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko
was admitted to test for poisoning; the hospital there was decked-out with Christmas
lights. So, unlike in America, where Christmas has become a symbol of repression
according to secularist liberals, the European Union has managed to become a
liberal secular union, and at the same time celebrate its religious and cultural
past full-throttle.
This is a very important point to note, for many of the liberals here in the
USA often look to the liberal leanings of the government and people of Europe
and hope that we will become more like them here. So, I propose this situation:
What if all the non-Christian immigrants in Europe suddenly tried to outlaw
saying Merry Christmas! in the English-speaking countries, or Nollaig Shona
Dhuit in Ireland, or Nadolig Llawen in Wales, or Froehliche Weihnachten! in
the German-speaking countries, or Joyeux Noel! in the French-speaking countries,
or Bono Natale! in Italy, or Kala Christouyenna! in Greece, or Feliz Navidad!
in Spain, or Vrolijk kerstfeest! in the Netherlands, or Glaedelig Jul! in Denmark,
Gledelig Jul! in Norway, or Gleðileg Jól! in Iceland, or God Jul!
in Sweden, or Hauskaa Joulua! in Finnland, or Boas Festas! in Portugal, or Hristos
Razdajetsja! in Russia, or Srozhdestvom Kristovym! In the Ukraine, or Boze Narodzenie!
in Poland, or Linksmu Kaledu! in Lithuania, or Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu
Jauno Gadu! in Latvia, or Ruumsaid juulup|hi! in Estonia, or Vesele Vanoce!
in the Czech Republic, or Hristos se rodi! in Serbia, or Vesel Bozic! in Slovenia,
or Sretan Bozic! in Croatia, or Tchestita Koleda! in Bulgaria, or Sarbatori
vesele! in Romania, or Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket! in Hungary? I can tell
you right now, that as opposed to the USA, which is a country made up of immigrants
from various countries with varying religious beliefs, that in Europe, the Europeans
would never stand for the destruction of a religious culture inherent to their
very history. No, I can tell you right now, that if the non-Christians living
in Europe ever tried to secularize Christmas or Easter, that a political war
would immediately erupt because even the most liberal Europeans know that it
is their very right, as freedom loving descendants of the Enlightenment, to
celebrate their history in all of its glory.
I don’t care what you say or what you believe, but the fact remains, that
no matter what our early American settler ancestors have done to others here,
the truth of the matter is that all of the good and all of the freedoms we have
here, we have because the Christian immigrants from Europe brought these ideals
with them. And with the ideals that gave us our Constitution, the Declaration
of Independence, and the Bill of Rights also came the celebrations of Christmas
and Easter. And that, no matter how hard anyone tries, will never be erased
from our history.
So, a note of warning to all you secular liberals: try as you might, as long
as you keep attacking Christianity and all of its celebrations, you are only
preparing for a war that you cannot win. As it stands, the majority of Christians
are actually quite open-minded, even if you persuade yourselves to believe otherwise.
But one can only take so many incessant attacks on their own history and culture
before they break down and have no choice but to fight back. And by then, the
open-mindedness will lead to a war between us and them; and I don’t know
very many Christians, even non-practicing Christians, who would choose to fight
against their own people. So, is it really worth going to war just so that you
can avoid seeing Christmas trees, hearing Christmas carols and seeing Nativity
scenes for one month of the year?