(Fwd) The battle against Christmas

[A. Joseph Ross]

A propos the discussion about public displays of Christmas:

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http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=7551

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I agree with these sentiments.  Having been Jewish in a very Gentile 
public school system, it never really bothered me that everyone else 
was celebrating Christmas.  I always liked the music, the Santa Claus 
mythology, and the good cheer.  What bothered me was the general 
assumption that everyone was celebrating Christmas, and that was the 
ONLY holiday anyone was celebrating.  This wasn't just in school, but 
on TV and radio and everywhere else.  I did what I could, wrote 
articles in the school paper describing Chanukah, etc., to at least 
make Chanukah more visible.  

Nowadays, that's less of a problem.  Pluralism is an established 
fact.  And Chanukah isn't the only holiday being celebrated at this 
season either (and never was -- some branches Buddhism celebrate the 
Buddha's enlightenment at this time).  This is a pluralistic country, 
which is majority Christian.  I don't begrudge the Christian part, 
but I do want the pluralism part acknowledged.

(Incidentally, I saw flyers this week at the Hebrew Rahabilitation 
Center to the effect that there was a Christmas mass celebrated 
there.  Not all of the residents there are Jewish, and I'm glad to 
see that at least some of the minority who are not were able to have 
their celebration.)

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-- 
A. Joseph Ross, J.D.                           617.367.0468
 15 Court Square, Suite 210                 lawyer@attorneyross.com
Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         http://www.attorneyross.com