Who are people who find Christmas offensive

[Blopi]

It really boils my piss when organisations curtail Christmas stuff as it may offend people.

Who are these people who find Christmas offensive? In my life I have worked and met people from various religions, cultures and countries. NOT one found Christmas and things that go with it. I didn’t work with Jehovah Witnesses but they don’t get offended. Most said they decorated their homes, wore Xmas jumpers and ate food which was suitable or tailored to their religion. Those who didn’t decorate their homes love seeing trees lit up.

Has anyone actually ever been offended or is it just people bleating about it?

Oh not this shite again...

Which organisations have done this and said that is the reason why?

Stop reading the Daily Mail. Problem solved.

Generally it’s people assuming others will feel more included if the festive season is rebranded. Plus it gets talked about a lot every time it happens because of the popular idea that immigrants (Muslims usually) want to change things to suit themselves.
I live in a massively multicultural area and work and mix with mostly non Christian S Asians and Africans. Never heard anyone suggest Christmas is offensive. They already know it’s not about Christianity these days for most people in the West.

I don’t

I was brought up Muslim. Though am not that religious now. My parents were religious. But in the 70s/80s we got presents on Christmas Day, took part in nativities, made decorations etc. We took part in all the cultural celebrations and loved it. We still celebrate the day as an extended family nowadays (no pigs in blankets though!) and we call it Christmas. No need to ‘cancel’ Christmas in our name. If that’s what’s even happening.

No one is offended at the existence of Christmas. What makes you think they are?

The era of the perpetually offended isn’t it?

Everyone has the right to be offended by anything they want but that doesn’t mean they get to control anyone else.

Who is offended? Come on, post some examples of people being offended by Christmas.

If you read my op there are organisations that don’t do Christmas as they think they are offending others.

My friend’s late husband was Muslim and they do pigs in blankets - they call them chicks in blankets. Chicken sausages with turkey rashers.

Well you seem to know which organisations have done this, so tell us who they are!

Or are you just repeating second hand rumour and speculation without any substance?

Please post examples of organisations curtailing Christmas, examples of people being offended by Christmas, and for bonus points, examples of organisations curtailing Christmas and specifically stating it’s to avoid offence. I’ll wait.

Well the organisations curtailing their Christmas celebrations because they think it offends had passed me by. Can you give some examples?

Which organisations have done this? I've never heard of it in real life. I've heard people on our local Facebook saying that's what happens, but their examples never seem to be true. Eg one woman kept saying schools don't do Nativity anymore, in an argument about an asylum hotel, while my children were practicing for theirs 😂

Your OP doesn't name them. Just an assertion that this is a real thing but you're not providing any hard facts about who.

Or companies are squeezed of cash and have curtailed Christmas spending and the usual suspects have used it to push the agenda of the great takeover.

Nobody can ever name the organisations. Funny that.

Go on OP, please name one for us.

Any actual examples to evidence this (ridiculous) claim?

I’m Muslim (and religious too), don’t massively celebrate Christmas but usually do a Christmas dinner, send cards etc. My son is playing Jospeh in the nativity this year. Not offended (although maybe some of the other parents in the CoE school are!)

which organisations have curtailed things and specifically said it’s because they don’t want to offend people?

Seems business as usual to me, as it does every year.

This is going to be about the Tesco evergreen tree isn't it.

There are no organisations curtailing Christmas, it's just an opportunity for some pointless frothing.

Tesco are not selling :

Xmas trees - they’re selling Evergreen Trees
Xmas cake - they’re selling Iced Top Fruit Cake

No one is offended by Christmas or saying it shouldn't be celebrated.

Any organisation i have worked in in the last 20 years has changed from any emails being sent out around that time as referring to the 'holiday season' and not to Christmas directly as a religious festival. I have assumed that this is so as not to upset anyone that doesn't celebrate Christmas or to be inclusive of different celebrations falling around that time. Also the assumption seems to be that Christmas is not a religious festival anymore, even though of course it is for Christians. However other religious festivals will be mentioned by name such as Hanukkah and Eid etc. at other times. So in my experience there has been a subtle cultural shift around language.