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I'm a school bus driver, and last year right before Christmas we had a notice put up banning Christmas decorations on the buses. We eventually learned that this was because a couple of parents had complained about the pro-Christianity bias of Christmas decorations, which was strange because nobody had put anything on their buses other than the standard secular red-and-green shit; like, nobody put up Jesus or manger scenes or anything like that. We then learned that the actual complaints had been about drivers encouraging the children to sing religious Christmas songs.
It turned out that the culprit was me, because I had asked the kids if they could sing "The Little Drummer Boy". None of the (60+) kids on the bus had ever heard it so I guess some of them asked their parents about it. Ironically, I'm a fucking atheist - I just like the tune. Fortunately the ban caused a giant shit storm as all the other parents in the district complained about it and it was rescinded. For bonus points, it eventually led to the firing of the district superintendent (who was a shitbag for lots of other reasons).
Christmas's problem is that it has been too successful. It's no longer a religious holiday. It's a cultural holiday that has permeated every aspect of American culture.
The true meaning of Christmas is: it was a Coca-Cola advertisement.
I'm tried of this cynical pseudo-history.
So, would you prefer we return to Saturnalia?
Unironically yes, these pathetic human mortals have forgotten the reason for the season, they don't know the true meaning of Saturnalia.
Like everything else it touches, capitalism co-opted and ruined it.
All is well that ends well
Imagine getting your ass handed to you because of the little drummer boy incident lmao
Yeah, it's not how I want to go out.
It's quite amazing how much drama people can conjure out of nothing.
Drag supports removing Christmas from schools. And drag will buy the story that Christmas is secular when the word "Christ" is removed from the name.
How about Horus-Day, since Christianity simply adopted an extant God's birthday as a strategy to greater assimilation?
Well, it's just Jul, so we could all just go back to calling it Yule. Literally nothing changes and the Christians can still do whatever they want.
Brynner Day?
Love this
christ is the xerox of the olden times