There is no such thing as a non-religious Christmas!

I am decidedly not a participant in the Christmas wars, and I’ve repeatedly criticized the AFA in particular for its overhyped and often silly boycotts. I’ve also written that I’m not super-keen on the idea of taxpayer dollars being spent on religious displays, because even though my faith is dominant now, it may not always be.  I definitely don’t want my tax dollars spent on, say, Eid celebrations, and I understand that non-Christians do not want to subsidize my holiday.  But this really ticked me off: Imagine A White House Christmas Minus Christ.

The idea of having a Christmas display and specifically excluding the ‘reason for the season’ is ludicrous. I’m perfectly fine with doing nothing at all. Frankly, in a lot of ways I’d prefer it. Government should be cutting back in every possible way. If you want to go all multi-culti, call it a ‘holiday season’ and acknowledge everything, including the fact that non-Christians have events they are celebrating this time of year, that’s acceptable.  But if you say you want to have a “non-religious Christmas” I say that you are a jackass, an idiot, a moron, and worse.

There is no such thing as a non-religious Christmas.  Christmas is by definition religious.  It’s all about Christ.  That’s the point.

I don’t particularly care if the Obamas attend church (Reagan didn’t while President) and if Obama is a Muslim like his grandmother, so be it.  He lied about everything else during the campaign – why not religion?  But don’t hijack the name of my holiday and gut all meaning from it.  If you don’t want to celebrate Christmas, don’t.  Just don’t call whatever secular or multi-culti event you replace it with Christmas, because there is no such thing as a non-religious Christmas.