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.

Yes, I think their holiday season starts with Halloween and ends on Valentines Day

Advent is the same - it is a sombre period of reflection and waiting.

She thinks the government have organised this rather than just businesses trying to sell to the widest market (capitalism basically). As for the 'winter biscuits' who knows. Maybe the middle of November is just a bit too early for Christmas biscuits. Maybe it didn't happen.

I never known anyone to actually be offended by Christmas because they have a different religion. Have met non religious people who don't celebrate it themselves, but they don't get offended.

Festive season is accurate though. Christmas is the 12 days from Christmas Day. The rest is the festive season, surely? I mean, we call it Christmas colloquially but it’s not a big scandal to not do that.

I don’t care if it’s true or not pretty much sums up the 'they are cancelling christmas' case.

‘Winter Biscuits’ is more likely a vain attempt to keep the children from exploding into a frenzy of Christmas anticipation in November.

It’s so sad when traditions that define our culture get banned, not surprising some turn that sadness into anger and lashing out. I mean what happened to ‘kids are identifying as cats and pissing in litter trays in school corridors’? We used to do that every September but now it’s just…gone. We really should have referendums before the government goes around banning our festivities

I have never come across one solitary person who does! Not of any religion or no religion or anything else there could conceivably be.

Ive known people who condemn over consumerism but that’s a valid point I think.

I don’t think it’s offensive or being offended by Christmas to call some things “winter” or “festive” or “Yule” or whatever because Yule and the general winter celebration came first (plus it also doesn’t matter or stop individuals doing as they like)

I’m very much assuming the ‘live trees’ are being sold in a Christmas Tree section and are called that to distinguish them from artificial ones, not to try to avoid using the word Christmas.

I'm offended by it due to Christians coopting a Pagan tradition, plastering their God's name over it and removing all the alcoholic revelry

Advent calendars don't count advent down anyway. They go from December 1st, not the beginning if advent which is 4 Sundays before Christmas. I encountered someone on another thread who thought advent always started on Dec 1st, so actually I think calling them advent calendars is part of the reason the understanding of advent is dying out.

Gosh these right-wing types are a bunch of snowflakes - imagine getting so worked to about what “word” is used … I thought they were all for people / businesses being able to use whatever word they wanted, as it’s “free speech” .. and that word might be “Winter” “Festive” of “holiday”

What makes me laugh (as a Catholic), is that those shouting loudest probably haven’t seen the inside of a church, since school.

I can 100% assure you that Jesus does not mind that decorated trees, fruit cakes, and overpriced markets, do not reference his birth.

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I fit the description in the first sentence pretty well. I’m not ‘offended’ by Christmas and neither do I think anyone else is. It’s a myth that ‘the left’ want to get rid of Christmas (or the labelling of events as Christmas events). When things are called something different there always turns out to be a reason which isn’t to do with ‘offence’ and there are lots of made up examples (like with the Birmingham market upthread).
The only people ‘offended’ seem to be those who are working themselves up about non existent banning/policing of their Christmas and I’m pretty sure none of them fit the first sentence description. They have pretty clear motives for doing it.

@SweetnsourNZ yes i think that distinction fits and the people I have spoken to have not been offended they have just said it's totally forbidden to them .

I've yet to meet one. My friendships include people who are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, JWs, Catholics, Christians, Pagans, agnostics and atheists.
They don't all celebrate Christmas, but that's as far as any of them concern themselves.

If really hot countries were having a water festival on the two hottest days of the year I would join in.

I’ve had an Imbolc party the last two years. Good excuse for an outdoor fire when I’ve had a guts full of winter…

That's nuts but it cracked me up!

What idea has ‘the government’ thought up and run with?
I’m confused.
You may have noticed people freely celebrating Christmas every time you have left your house recently. And I don't believe the school example. These things are always ‘I heard if’ with no specifics or proof.

Small sufferings would include a picture of Ant and Dec and another one of Amanda Holden.

I used to work in a boarding school. We actually had a Lenten Calendar a bit like this, with 40 days of nice deeds to do for others to cross off. It was quite stressful.

We’re supposed to remove the alcoholic revelry? I didn’t get that memo. Damn. I’ve been Christmassing all wrong.