I'm not certain who wrote the initial version of this, it may have been my sister. But I've changed it slightly to make my point. Be weary when you encounter political correctness; it will not help us when all is said and done...
Twas the month before Christmas*
*When all through
our land,*
*Not a Christian was praying*
*Nor
taking a stand.*
*Why the PC Police had argued away,*
*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*
*But the
children were told at their schools not to sing,*
*About
Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*
*People's feelings could suffer, the teachers would say*
* As they re-emphasized, '
just a fun Holiday '.*
*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash,
checks and credit*
*Pushing folks to the floor in their greedy rush 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 Target's were hanging their trees
upside down*
* At Lowe's the word Christmas - just couldn't
be found.*
*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and
Sears*
*You won't hear the word Christmas; nope, won't touch your
ears.*
*Inclusive and Sensitive and Di-veristy*
*Are words that they used to intimidate me.*
*So Daschle, and Darden, and Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*
*And Boxer, and Rather, and
Kerry, and Clinton!*
*At the top of the Senate, were all full of chatter*
*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*
*We spoke not a word, as they removed our faith*
* They Forbid us to speak of salvation and grace*
*And the sharing of the truth ended before we could start it.*
*The true Reason of
Christmas, exchanged and discarded*
*So as you celebrate
'Winter Break' under your Tree*
*Sipping your
Starbucks, listen to me.*
*Choose your words carefully, choose
what you say*
*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, Not Happy Holiday...*
Please, let's all join together and wish
everyone you meet during the Christmas Season a MERRY
CHRISTMAS and remember the 25th is about the Birth of Christ. And remember also that we have an obligation as Christians to acknowledge our faith without shame! Hold fast to your faith, and shout Merry Christmas to ALL this year!
Wake Up America!!
Tomorrow my family and I go to see the "Christmas" lights switched on in Cambridge, my daughter is rehearsing for a "Christmas" play and the Infant School shall perform the Nativity for the whole school. So we're still pretty traditional in this corner of England though I do hear rumours of "Winterval Holidays" and "Happy Holidays" cards - horrible. The irony is that it doesn't appear that people from other faiths want Christmas to be abandoned. Two of our Muslim friends sent us Christmas cards last year and our Hindu friends always have a tree and presents.
ReplyDeleteWell in America, you'd be surprised that there are places where the nativity can not be set up, where Christmas trees are not allowed for fear of offending someone, and where "Merry Christmas" would also be "inappropriate". God help us all!
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