Christmas Debate: The Arguments Over the Wording of the Holiday Season

Many conservative groups are up in arms about the perception that stores are not giving proper recognition to the word "Christmas"  when it comes to their advertising.  And the boycott seems to be their weapon of choice.  Never mind that the real doctrine of Christianity has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas.  It is a holiday melded together from ancient pagan traditions, that the church "borrowed"  to give a sense of legitimacy to their faith among the masses.  That is fact, and to not recognize it as such is folly.  The claims of a holiday to honor the birth of Jesus by mass rushing Black Friday sales and spending your family into mountains of credit card debt don't honor the memory of Christ at all.  "What Would Jesus Do?"  I can't say, except that I doubt he would be so concerned with spending.  

In response to the perceived injustice wrought by the so-called "Christmas Haters"  action groups sprang to life to defend their day.  One of the most troubling was the boycott call against retail giant Wal-Mart, began on November 10th.  It was began in response to an internet searcher not being satisfied with the number of hits the word "Christmas" got them on the Wal-Mart website.  The searcher apparently sent an email to Wal-Mart, and got a response from an associate describing the retail giant as a world wide company that had to acknowledge many viewpoints.  He correctly explained many of the pagan roots of Christmas, an act that got him fired the next day.  The call for boycott was lifted, as Wal-Mart caved in to most of the concerns of the boycott call.  The company explained that the fired employee was a temp, and the views were in no way those of Wa-Mart, and so forth.....what one has to wonder is why a temporary so out of line with the views of Wal-Mart would be placed in a position to respond to customer emails.  That such a quick response happened shows the growing influence of the Radical Right.