Merry CHRISTmas . . ! WARNING: some might be offended by this.

Bringing this up now is as bad as people playing Christmas music already! Couldn't you wait until after Thanksgiving to start offending people?

(just kidding!)
 
Well I'm offended...by the song itself! Wow that's some bad music! :p;):confused::eek:

In all seriousness though, I feel like go ahead and say Merry Christmas if you want to, but also respect other people's right not to say it. Simple! :cool:
 
Received this e-mail today: (kind of long but good)

Letter from Jesus about Christmas --

It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season.
How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed with children of your own. I don't care what you call the day. If you want to celebrate My birth, just GET ALONG AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

Now, having said that let Me go on. If it bothers you that the town in which you live doesn't allow a scene depicting My birth, then just get rid of a couple of Santas and snowmen and put in a small Nativity scene on your own front lawn If all My followers did that there wouldn't be any need for such a scene on the town square because there would be many of them all around town.

Stop worrying about the fact that people are calling the tree a holiday tree, instead of a Christmas tree. It was I who made all trees. You can remember Me anytime you see any tree. Decorate a grape vine if you wish: I actually spoke of that one in a teaching, explaining who I am in relation to you and what each of our tasks were. If you have forgotten that one, look up John 15: 1 - 8.

If you want to give Me a present in remembrance of My birth here is my wish list. Choose something from it:

1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year. I know, they tell Me all the time.

2. Visit someone in a nursing home. You don't have to know them personally. They just need to know that someone cares about them.

3. Instead of writing the President complaining about the wording on the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family this year. Then follow up... It will be nice hearing from you again.

4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't afford and they don't need, spend time with them. Tell them the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down here. Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love them.

5 Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him or her.

6. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take their own life this season because they feel so alone and hopeless? Since you don't know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile; it could make the difference.

7. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there. Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren't allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas" that doesn't keep you from wishing them one. Then stop shopping there on Sunday. If the store didn't make so much money on that day they'd close and let their employees spend the day at home with their families

8. If you really want to make a difference, support a missionary-- especially one who takes My love and Good News to those who have never heard My name.

9. Here's a good one. There are individuals and whole families in your town who not only will have no "Christmas" tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive. If you don't know them, buy some food and a few gifts and give them to the Salvation Army or some other charity which believes in Me and they will make the delivery for you.

10. Finally, if you want to make a statement about your belief in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian. Don't do things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence. Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine.

Don't forget; I am God and can take care of Myself. Just love Me and do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all the rest. Check out the list above and get to work; time is short. I'll help you, but the ball is now in your court. And do have a most blessed Christmas with all those whom you love and remember :

I LOVE YOU,
JESUS
 
tarri, i LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!! i can't watch the video, cuz i have dial-up, but i assume it is about saying MERRY CHRISTMAS, rather than happy holidays.

and i just was listening to chuck swindoll today and he was talkin about his mom telling him "bad company corrupts good character". how funny and now i read it on here.:)
the Lord Jesus has made into a new person and i won't leave Him out of Christmas. i thank Him for His love and forgiveness.
 
Beautiful, Tami! I love this part: I am God and can take care of Myself. Just love Me and do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all the rest.
 
Baylian, I'm not offended by the post, because I know it expresses what many people feel, but I'd like to express my opinion too.

When a cashier at a coffee shop says "Merry Christmas" when she gives me my receipt, I sometimes get this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. While I don't personally subscribe to any organized religion, I am acutely aware that my heritage is so wrapped up with an organized religion, that it is impossible to separate "my" history from religion. I know that if the Jews in America were ever rounded up and taken away to a camp, I would be taken right along with the most orthodox person in my neighborhood. Saying "Merry Christmas" to someone is not the same as saying "Happy Thanksgiving". In a way, when someone looks me in the eye and says "Merry Christmas", they might as well be saying "I do not recognize your history or your heritage or that America is a country where people of all kinds can live together in mutual respect".

I don't think I'm an extremist on this issue at all. I enjoy the Christmas windows at Lord & Taylor, and the beautiful tree at Rockefeller Center, and I take no issue with such things. I just want people who are addressing me directly, whether face to face, or in a card sent to my home or office, to be thoughtful enough to recognize that I am not a Christian.

So, I respectfully disagree with Go Fish. And, while I appreciate Tami's post, I want to remind her that some people in this country believe that Saturday is the day family members should spend together, away from work, and that some people don't believe in missionaries and prostelitizing.

And finally, I want to say that to me, the thing that makes this country so great is its freedoms and respect for all kinds. Sometimes we Americans may have a tendency to take this for granted because we've lived with it all our lives, but all you have to do is read a few newspaper headlines to know that this society of ours is a rare and precious thing, to be protected and preserved by each of us.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Our Newsletter

Get awesome content delivered straight to your inbox.

Top