Lump of Coal Campaign
As a follow-up to yesterday’s “Boycotting ‘Winter Holidays,’” Michelle Malkin describes this as a “persecution.” She’s starting a “Lump of Coal” campaign for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper for eliminating all references to Christmas:
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper recently announced that next year the phrase “Merry Christmas” will be removed from the city building and replaced with “Happy Holidays.”
And now a church group who wants to march in the Parade of Lights and sing Christmas carols will not be allowed to participate in the parade. Organizers say the parade is about the holidays, not Christmas, but leaders of the Faith Bible Chapel say that’s ridiculous.
“We can’t pretend that Christ didn’t exist and Christmas wasn’t about his birthday, so we felt we could sing it and apparently that is not in social vogue anymore,” said Pastor Gary Beasley, with the Faith Bible Chapel.
I’m going to repeat my point from yesterday – that for the majority of Americans, this is a Christmas season. Without Christmas, there would be no so-called “Winter Holidays,” a meaningless holiday piggybacked onto the Christmas holiday most Americans are celebrating.
Perhaps Denver could celebrate “Happy Holidays” some other time of the year, like February. This is Christmas.
This might change their tune: I think, since there is no Christmas for these government employees, they should forgo their paid Holidays as well. Why should we pay for them to celebrate a day they would prefer to eliminate?
Vox
December 2, 2004
I think I’m going to participate in the Lump of Coal campaign. It sounds like fun.
A.M.M.
December 2, 2004
According to this, you can be in the parade if you’re celebrating gay and lesbian American Indian holy people, the German culture, or the Chinese New Year.
But not if you’re celebrating Christmas or you’re a Christian church.
Michael
December 2, 2004
WOW!!
Now that is something I would like to support! Do away with my holiday, lose your
holidayChristmas pay!Stephen
December 2, 2004
Political Correctness Rampant
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Urban Scrawl
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