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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.

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7 responses to “Lump of Coal Campaign”

  1. Vox Avatar
    Vox

    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?

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  2. A.M.M. Avatar
    A.M.M.

    I think I’m going to participate in the Lump of Coal campaign. It sounds like fun.

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  3. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    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.

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    Stephen

    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?

    WOW!!
    Now that is something I would like to support! Do away with my holiday, lose your holiday Christmas pay!

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  5. Urban Scrawl

    Political Correctness Rampant
    I’ve written on the subject of PC previously, but yet another shituation has reared its ugly head that deserves some ridicule, this story coming from The Denver Post.Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper recently announced that next year the phrase “Merry C…

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  6. Diggers Realm

    Denver Mayor, John Hickenlooper, Cancels Decision To Remove Merry Christmas
    In an entry of mine yesterday I brought the Mayor of Denver John Hickenlooper story up. The Mayor was planning on removing the phrase “Merry Christmas” from the city buildings and replacing it with with “Happy Holidays”. Of course he…

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Michael, a sinner saved by grace, sharing what the good Lord has shared with me.

Solomon, in the book of Ecclesiastes, said, “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”

If you’re not living for the glory of God, then what you’re doing is meaningless, no matter what it is. Living for God gives life meaning, and enjoying a “chasing after the wind” is a gift from God. I’m doing what I can to enjoy this gift daily.

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