Politically correct Christmas

By Guest blogger Douglas Buhrer

A recent outburst of political correctness has changed many of the Christmas traditions to something else entirely. Everything from Christmas lights I mean “Winter Lights” or “Celebrity Lights” to Christmas trees with the name of “Holiday tree”. Even changing the title of Christmas to “Winterval” These are just a few examples as there were many more as portrayed in chapel on December 11, by the drama team.

First, festive lights to decorate the Christmas season. In south London and elsewhere in the world, the usual Christmas lighting has been change in accordance with political correctness. It has been changed to “Winter Lights” and also to “Celebrity Lights”. Check out this site and also here to read more about these Winter lights that used to represent Christmas but now represent a decoration for all both non-Christians and Christians alike, so that none will be offended.

Additional, check out my amazing Holiday tree in my living room. Sounds sweet, a tree for all to feel comfortable around during this holiday season. All over the United states and foreign countries have changed the traditional Christmas tree into a holiday tree. In Boston, Ma. the Boston officials renamed the center spruce tree a holiday tree. This raised a lot of debates, but the political correctness of the tree name has stuck, at least for the time being.

In Sacramento, Ca. Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to continue to call a tree a holiday tree and had it changed back to a Christmas tree last Thursday. (It was renamed a Christmas tree because the former gov. had name it a holiday tree.) While the main capitol of the United States change a tree’s name so that neither side would be benefited. The stately pines outside the White House were changed from Christmas trees to "Capitol Christmas Tree," representing both sides.

Futhermore, Winterval the polictical correct term for the whole winter holidays. Wikipedia describes it as a “mix of Winter solstice, Yule,Hanukkah,Kwanzaa and other holidays that take place during the winter months, rather than just the originally Christian holidays of Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day.” I don’t understand all those holidays or why the need to combine them into one name. A polictically correct joke concerning this from a couple of years ago is Christmahanukwanzaka. Which is all winter holidays combined into one name.

What should we do here at LCS and here in Lenawee County? Should we contuine to be polictical incorrect by using Christmas? How can we make a change here in Adrian that will help others know why we should call it Christmas? Why was the world so wrong when it was politcally incorrect? How has the world been made better by this change? What do you think about these poltically correct symbols? Respond and Post a Comment

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Fun Christmas political correctness:
Winter holiday poem

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Christmas tree song