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Monday, December 18, 2006
T’was the month before Christmas
When all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.
Why the Politically Correct Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people’s feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a “Holiday”.
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!
Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets were hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe’s the word Christmas - was no where to be found.
At K-Mart and Staples and Penny’s and Sears
You won’t hear the word Christmas; it won’t touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.
Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Klinton!
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.
And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace.
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.
So as you celebrate “Winter Break” under your “Dream Tree”
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!
December 19th, 2006 at 7:03
Hey Sven,
Cute poem, but “the reason for the season” is actually Saturnalia [link]. Saturnalia, along with other merry winter solstice celebrations, are still observed by some people today…but were one to wish a roomful of Baptists a “Merry Saturnalia” on the 25th, there’d be quite an outcry and much offense taken!
December 19th, 2006 at 11:42
True, NR, that the original reason was not Christ but rather the pagan Roman celebration of the planet Saturn (as your link describes.) Further reading does state the reason for the season was due to Rome’s transformation from pagans to believers. The celebration changed its focus and has remained to the true reason for the season since. In fact, Christmas has been celebrated longer than the Saturnalia has been and thus has more precedented for the cute rhyme. But granted, technically you’re correct; however, the poem still is valid as a whole.
December 20th, 2006 at 6:33
Haha. Thats plain silly. The whole “War on Christmas” thing is so last year, and is nonsense to begin with. The only thing stolen is that poem, which has to be at least 2 years old judging from the “Tom Daschle” line. Are you claiming you wrote it? Cool. You’re a poet, and I didnt even know it.
Corporations often say “Happy Holidays.” Yes. Please note that it is plural. This includes Christmas, and the holiday a mere 7 days later: New Years Day. I guess you don’t celebrate that one.
Just plain silly.
December 20th, 2006 at 8:02
Nope, don’t claim it as mine. Passing it on.
Hey TOS, I didn’t know you exchanged presents for New Years Eve. What did you get me?
I guess I missed that while I was at the mall and everyone was buying *CHRISTmas* presents. 
And if you’re going to be consistent, lets start using the same phrase October 31st, too, k? I mean, with all the other holidays celebrated that day, I often wonder where the PC crowd is on that day. Oh right, it’s not a Christian based holiday thus no one to offend.
December 21st, 2006 at 23:02
Geez, talk about beating a dead horse. You still haven’t recognized that yours isn’t the only special day recognized this time of year? It’s not the only one, hence “happy holidays,” so as to not presume we all celebrate Christmas, so as to not presume that we don’t have freedom of religion in this country. No one has taken away your right to practice your religion. You could at least credit the writer (Hans Zeiger), though he’s not much of a poet.
Do you really want/need your faith endorsed by Target and Lowes? You know your faith is respected when it’s exploited by retailers in order to sell, sell, sell.
Ugh, I fell right into your tar pit trap. Hey, there’s a dead horse in here, and it smells REALLY dead. Silly (and smelly) indeed.
December 26th, 2006 at 9:16
So, Mr. Rafferty:
What time will you be going to work on January 1st?
December 26th, 2006 at 9:23
Are you trying to get out of my New Years gift by changing the subject?
May 11th, 2007 at 21:16
Hey Sven -
Be sure to check out the cover of the latest ‘Acts & Facts’(Lima, PERU).
My dinosaur soft tissue article on our web has almost 25,000 hits!
Not a good time to be a darwinist - but when is it?