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Who are people who find Christmas offensive

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Blopi · 22/11/2025 06:43

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.

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Bigearringsbigsmile · 22/11/2025 07:17

Made me think of this

Who are people who find Christmas offensive
BMW6 · 22/11/2025 07:17

Aweekoffwork · 22/11/2025 07:12

Tesco are not selling :

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

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tesco-is-celebrating-christmas-contrary-misleading-online-posts-2025-11-20/

Reuters article

justasmallbiz · 22/11/2025 07:17

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Thingsaretight · 22/11/2025 07:17

Nobody finds Christmas offensive

Nobody is curtailing Christmas. It’s literally fucking everywhere.

Simplepink · 22/11/2025 07:18

I come from a really multicultural area.
Everyone I have ever met gets in on the Christmas spirit!
the only thing public/voluntary sector workplaces may do differently is do no booze places for the Christmas do? Possibly? But I doubt many cash strapped northern voluntary and public sector organisations do a Christmas party anymore anyway?

BMW6 · 22/11/2025 07:18

OP still not forthcoming........

Ginmonkeyagain · 22/11/2025 07:18

That's surely more to do with the Americanisation/globalisation of language as Americans have called it holiday season for ages due to tne proxmity of Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Thingsaretight · 22/11/2025 07:18

Aweekoffwork · 22/11/2025 07:12

Tesco are not selling :

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

Tesco have some their trees as “evergreen” etc for decades. Someone posted a picture on Twitter of their tree they got 20 years ago.

Tesco are also selling about seventeen different varieties of Christmas cake. If they sold them all as just plain Christmas cake it would get very confusing in terms of online shopping etc.

Allswellthatendswelll · 22/11/2025 07:20

Aweekoffwork · 22/11/2025 07:12

Tesco are not selling :

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

Outrageous. What would Baby Jesus say? The Bible is full of Christmas trees and fruit cakes.

Even if it was actually a thing then putting evergreens in the house predates Christianity anyway.

Allswellthatendswelll · 22/11/2025 07:22

Bigearringsbigsmile · 22/11/2025 07:17

Made me think of this

Yes we had "not Easter eggs" as well this year didn't we. As night follows day...

L4kdro · 22/11/2025 07:23

Thingsaretight · 22/11/2025 07:17

Nobody finds Christmas offensive

Nobody is curtailing Christmas. It’s literally fucking everywhere.

This!!!!

Ridiculously so. It’s all a massive and complete waste of money.

Ginmonkeyagain · 22/11/2025 07:25

Indeed, if anything we could do with a bit less Christmas. It's fucking everywhere for weeks on end.

MurdoMunro · 22/11/2025 07:26

Well you made the effort OP, it wouldn’t be Christmas without the They’re Banning Christmas outrage. It’s sort of become its own tradition now hasn’t it? Established enough to have its own special lunch and songs maybe?

TheaBrandt1 · 22/11/2025 07:27

To be fair op seems to be saying she had never seen this so it must be made up manufactured outrage.

Parker231 · 22/11/2025 07:27

Aweekoffwork · 22/11/2025 07:12

Tesco are not selling :

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

Their website says differently

NiftyBird · 22/11/2025 07:28

I don't know why people get worked up about this. Trees, cakes, crackers...it really doesn't matter what they're called.

The important thing is getting together as a family and celebrating the birth of Non-denominational Manger Baby.

Allswellthatendswelll · 22/11/2025 07:30

Ginmonkeyagain · 22/11/2025 07:25

Indeed, if anything we could do with a bit less Christmas. It's fucking everywhere for weeks on end.

If anything I'd like it if the religious bits were just Christmas and the other bits were "let's have a nice time to mitigate midwinter as people have for millennia". And less buying tat as that's the opposite of biblical!

Dollymylove · 22/11/2025 07:33

Nobody in the UK is offended by Christmas. The leftie Corbyn shagger types perpetuate the myth, trying to divide the country. It doesnt work. Why would other religious want it banned? Its the most lucrative time of the year for many, particularly the business people

AhBiscuits · 22/11/2025 07:33

I work for a big company and Christmas is referred to as much as it ever has been. There's been constant talk of the Christmas party in a few weeks. We will do Christmas jumper day. We have a diverse workforce. No one is offended.

My kids' school has absolutely LOADS of Christmas stuff coming up. Christmas fair, Christmas Carol concert, Christmas lunch, Christmas jumper day. No one is offended.

MurdoMunro · 22/11/2025 07:34

TheaBrandt1 · 22/11/2025 07:27

To be fair op seems to be saying she had never seen this so it must be made up manufactured outrage.

True true. A new spin on the old tradition then I guess. Although it’s a neat way for her to flush out some examples that she could provide by herself eh? So far we have our Asda (is it Asda? can.t be arsed to go back up and look) overlords banning Christmas by selling Christmas products only bought by people who want to celebrate Christmas by displaying Christmas artefacts or eating Christmas foods but not writing the word CHRISTMAS on the ticket. The bastards

Simplelobsterhat · 22/11/2025 07:36

Aweekoffwork · 22/11/2025 07:12

Tesco are not selling :

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

I assume they are trying to widen the appeal of the products, not thinking anyone who walked past a Christmas cake on the shelf was 'offended'.

Theyreeatingthedogs · 22/11/2025 07:36

Yet another of these threads. The last one I read was about the OP's kids school banning Christmas. The usual shite - no evidence, wouldn't name the school. Here we are again. More racist shite.

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 22/11/2025 07:40

As if the country's biggest supermarket would eliminate references to Christmas 😄

It's something that gets wheeled out every year - Oh my god, Tesco are calling Christmas crackers 'recyclable party items with snap and motto' this shudnt be aloud in are cuntry 😭

Simplelobsterhat · 22/11/2025 07:41

Also, I've just opened my Tesco app and one of the guest words I see on the home page is Christmas, so I don't think they are avoiding the word!

bigboykitty · 22/11/2025 07:41

Dollymylove · 22/11/2025 07:33

Nobody in the UK is offended by Christmas. The leftie Corbyn shagger types perpetuate the myth, trying to divide the country. It doesnt work. Why would other religious want it banned? Its the most lucrative time of the year for many, particularly the business people

Are you having cognitive difficulties? There's so much wrong here, I don't know where to start...

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