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.

If Lent was rebranded from a time of sacrifice into a time of 40 mini eggs, sign me up, I’m in. Where’s that marketing maven who posted previously? Get them on it!

84 of them to be exact. I counted. All sold as.... Christmas Trees!

I was going to say this. This was on Christmas cards when I was a child in the 60s.

No-that’s Lent.

Maybe these folk need to hijack another festival and have a month to let rip with traditions like going round after dark yelling at street lamps, eating Proper English Egg and Chips with glitter on and giving presents like black nylon socks while declaring ‘it was good enough in my day ya snowflake’.

Not many people do much with Imbolc in England and the weather’s still pretty gloomy then too.

To take just one of your examples - Sainsbury’s have their own (plus loads of other) advent calendars.
And if a company is using an alternative word why assume it’s because they think someone will be offended? That’s the bit I don’t get. What if they just want to make their product attractive to a wiser group of people? The only offended ones around seem to be those making up the banning of the word Christmas to offend themselves.

I think our government think an idea up then try to run with it to cause mayhem. Although I do hear of a local school not making Christmas biscuit this year in H.E they made winter biscuit instead lol as to not offend any religions. Sometimes I wonder if we all try to pussyfoot around everyone else too much. Christmas should be celebrated freely to whomever wishes to celebrate it, in what every way they chooose. Those that may get offended should just think of it as a celebration they don’t participate in and move on rather than cause a racket. Plenty of things could ‘0ffened’ me but the world doesn’t revolve around me so I let people have their moments and I get on with my own life.

hear of a local school not making Christmas biscuit this year in H.E they made winter biscuit instead lol as to not offend any religions

Where did you hear about this? I am only asking because there is a lot of made up nonsense posted on FB, Next Door, X and the like.

But do they change the events? Rather than having a winter/holiday element to the naming?
Because just changing the name doesn’t stop anyone enjoying the celebrations.

I expect telling you would be outing 🤣

‘Muslim mayor stamping his culture on the capital’, get outta here ya bampot, away for your egg and chips

It was a friend of mine who was temping at the school. I don’t care if it’s true or not, my point is that people like to cause mayhem by saying things that may offend

You think the government made an unnamed School make a Winter biscuit in November?

Yes, Khan has made certain to erase any mention of Christmas from Oxford Street. There's not even a mention of the C word on the Oxford Street website. It is a disgrace.

I feel a proper Lenten Advent Calendar would involve various non treats / small sufferings. A sachet of fish oil, or stale bread crumbs, or kale; perhaps a small demand for charitable giving. Maybe a guilt evoking picture of a lamb called Mint Sauce and a recipe for a vegetarian Sunday Roast. Like church in a cardboard chapel.

Yes I don’t mind if all religions are treated equal in how they are celebrated but I do feel in some ways the higher powers are minimising Christian beliefs but they absolutely would not dare attempt to minimise others.

And some people create mayhem by saying things that they don't care are true or not.🙄

In what way specifically?

Mysteriously @CurlewKate. That’s what I learned at Sunday School, higher powers do things mysteriously.

Which ways?

What has it got to do with the government?

To me Christmas is a Hodge Podge of ancient pagan rituals to get ancient people's through the darkest times. Lights again to get people through the dark !
Then the Christians took it over to seamlessly blend with local folk as many other religions have with their festivals.

The Christian addition has given us the wonderful Nativity story and on top of that we have Santa .

I've not spoken to many people of different religions about it but the ones I have maybe 5 /6 have been adamant it's soley a religious festival and it's against their religion to take part in any part of it.
They won't have it that it's all sorts mixed in and you can take your pick . I guess becsuee they view everything through one lens they can't see the difference ?

I remember my mother hating Season’s Greetings. Not because she was anti woke-but because she thought it was common.She also thought Merry Christmas was common- Happy Christmas or nothing!

What higher powers?