Taking Back Christmas?

I am constantly reminded at work that this is the "holiday" season and not Christmas. I am sometimes the sign maker at work and made one for our $4.99/lb standing rib roast (best price in town, you should all buy one). My boss told me to have it say something like "perfect for your holiday dinner." I asked if I could put "Christmas" instead of "holiday." He said no. I asked knowing what he would say. We do have a large amount of Jews who are shopping for Hanukkah. However, we also have several Christmas trees and Santas up around the store. Also, as many of you know I watch the Food Network quite a bit. They're not using the word Christmas at all either. It's all "holiday." Red and green are "holiday" colors. It's a "holiday" tree. It's also "holiday" music (yet it all talks about Christmas). You get the point.

The Christian argument will come in a bit, but first, this just doesn't make sense logically. My manager at work is NOT a Christian, but celebrates Christmas. He even gets mad about this stuff. From a non-Christian perspective it still doesn't make sense. Santa is only around for Christmas - not any other holiday. Same with red and green, Rudolph, jingle bells, trees, wreaths, and all that other stuff. So logically, it makes absolutely no sense to generalize all of those things to somehow include all the other winter holidays.

Now, for the Christian side. I don't think this should upset Christians one bit. Really. You shouldn't get mad about this. Really? Really. Why? If we (fine upstanding Christians) say Christmas isn't about Santa, snow, presents, wreaths, food, music, and blah, blah, blah, then why do we get upset when the world renames the world's version of Christmas to "holiday?" So yeah, really. I'll get upset when they start renaming baby Jesus to "baby holiday, born to Mohammed's Jewish cousin named Martha." We should have gotten mad several generations ago (I know we weren't around) when "we" let Christmas be stolen by department stores and the fat guy with the goods. Don't get mad when they call it a "holiday tree" when the tree in your window has nothing to do with Christmas anyway.

*note...I'm not saying don't have a tree and all that other stuff...it's plenty fun and nostalgic (I love that stuff as much as you!)...my point is to challenge the logic behind the battles that we choose and why we choose them.