Spineless weasels rename Christmas parade because they feared lawsuits

[tularetom]

Then when people bitched about the renaming, they proved to be even more spineless and re-re-named it.

Personally I'm Switzerland in the War on Christmas, and it would have been best just to have a Christmas parade, but once they made the decision to change it, they should have had the cojones to stick with it. Now I hope somebody sues the living shit out of them.

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/948744.html

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Everything changes over time. The attempts to change "Christmas" to "holiday"

are not an insult to "Christmas." They are an attempt to be KIND to and inclusive of all those who have holidays near that time. No one is telling Christians they can't go to their own churches. No one is telling them they can't believe in Jesus. They can believe in anything they want.

I don't see inclusion as wrong. I see it as correct. Doing away with slavery was also a change from the way things were int he past, and it was correct. Change is not bad.

What I'm terrified of is these GOP assholes who insist that the America of the past, of child labor, slavery, females with no rights, be brought back and under the rule of Christianity. And GOPers DO want things from the past that were positively heinous to be brought back. I had a discussion about that with a GOPer the other day.

[mrcheerful]

2. I'm just amazed how a sales gimmick that was started in the 1930's

to save Macy's store from going under is now called an american tradition and few know when or how it got started. I've heard numb nuts claim that the pilgrims celebrated xmas just like we do today. Yep, thats right, after stuffing themselves on turkey, the pilgrims went to Macy's and bought the native americans expensive gifts to repay them for the feast. After all how can we celebrate holidays without buying expensive crap people don't want or need just so they can take it back to the store on the 26th to trade for crap they want.

After all didn't Jesus say give to those less fortunate then you? Xmas is all about Jesus you know, after all when you pray to him you get all the gifts you ask for, just like Santa. We know the historical facts about xmas, after all we all seen it on TV how poor little Lara wanted a new doll for xmas and dirt poor daddy sold the farm to get it for her. Then theres Dolly's xmas red neck xmas special where you are given the gift of her singing and fed more crap about how Jesus wants you to Shop to buy gifts for people who don't need or deserve gifts.

Then to make it legit, they put on xmas specials telling you what xmas is really about, lets see Santa comes to town, Rudolph the red nose rein deer, yes Virginia there is a Santa, its a wonderful life, yep, the real meaning behind the xmas story and no one made any money off these show's, they did them in the spirit of the season. And liberals wonder why theres still people out there that think Saddam attacked the US and he had WMD's, they just haven't blown up enough desert to find them, but history will show how wise the shrubinator was. Next thing you know, people will say George Washington threw a dollar across the Delaware or some crazy ass shit like not lying to his daddy about cherry trees.

[tularetom]

3. When I went back and read between the lines it got even worse

The city took over the Christmas parade because the merchants were "too busy" to sponsor it anymore (they saw a way to make the taxpayers foot the bill for the thing). So the dumbass city agreed to handle it and then hilarity ensued when their legal beagles told them somebody might sue unless they called it a Holiday parade.

Personal note: I'm pretty sure this is the parade my kid drove into by mistake one year. There were so few people watching it that he drove the entire parade route before he realized that he was in a parade.

[maglatinavi]

5. holidays

It is good to have holidays ... there are holy for many, whehter called x'mas or not; Xmas, Hannucka, The Epiphany, Easter, etc... it is the "holiness", the spiritual significance ...
maybe you live either in the boonies or in a backwards town or city... I believe ...
Here in Killeen TX the parades are very popular with high participation of all kinds of groups; civic, govt., military. etc. It is so refreshing to have them!!!

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[tularetom]

10. I'm not advocating not having a parade

I'm just saying the city dads need to show a bit of spine and stick to the decision they made.

Personally I'm OK with calling it a Christmas parade. Or a Holiday parade. Makes no nevermind to me.

But whatever you're gonna call it at least have the guts to stick with your decision.

And yes I definitely live in the boonies - our county road gets 100 cars on a good day. As far as I know there has never been a parade on this road.

[donco6]

6. LOL! That's hilarious

Did he win a prize?

[tularetom]

9. What makes it worse is he was a cop at the time

He was driving his own car however. He said he wondered why the traffic was going so slow but he didn't really notice any big crowds or anything.

Maybe that's why he isn't a cop anymore.

[maglatinavi]

4. Xmas

Maybe you don't know how Xmas was celebrated in Europe and the Xtian world before Macy's. In Spain and Latin America the big day was the Epiphany and gifts were left by the Three Kings. Children gathered grass for the camels then. I am 79 and my fa. celebrated Xmas and Three Kings. I remember getting grass for the camels and a hoof print left on a newspaper then... proof of the Three Kings being at home. I think you are wet behind the ears... ... and have you read X'mas Carol by Dickens? Way before Macys. Have you heard about St. Nicholas?? How far do people can go to demystify the celebrations that even have roots in pre Xristian times. Give me a break!!!

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You must be very young and or very ignorant of the costumes and mores of the world... How sad it must be your life ... no illusions, no magic ...

[mrcheerful]

7. No sorry, wasn't talking about anything more then the American tradition of xmas

[Mopar151]

8. It's a shame we don't celebrate Solistice properly

I threw a couple proper all-night bonfire :nuke: parties, with seasonally appropriate revels and bacchanals :toast:- Pagans, Christians, and random f'n wackos:hippie: all had a roaring good time! Does getting lit count as Chanukah?:smoke: