MCPS's Holiday Message

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess no one told MCPS that this is the most religiously diverse county in America.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/15/nx-s1-5131410/this-county-is-the-most-religiously-diverse-in-the-u-s

Who gives a crap. Its Christmas. Some of the most enthusiastic Christmas celebrations are from our Indian friends who dont try to make it Diwali or a religious neutral day. Its Christmas. Its celebrated by Americans so they celebrate along with us.
Get over yourself and have a candy cane

Get over yourself to think we should all celebrate it because you do. Christmas means nothing in our home. Keep your candy canes and get a dreidel.

I don't care if you celebrate Christmas any more than I care if you celebrate Labor day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most Jews do not celebrate Christmas.

Because they have a religious holiday at roughly the same time, so they celebrate that instead of the secular holiday.

Christmas wasn't the birth of Jesus, and we barely pretend it is anymore. Even Christians more closely associate Christmas with Santa than Jesus.

Calling Christmas a Christian holiday is about as accurate as calling it a Pagan holiday.

There is nothing secular about Christmas. We don’t celebrate it and I found the video gross.

This post was a joke, right? It's so hard to tell on dcum sometimes.

The video was insulting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Jews do not celebrate Christmas.

Because they have a religious holiday at roughly the same time, so they celebrate that instead of the secular holiday.

Christmas wasn't the birth of Jesus, and we barely pretend it is anymore. Even Christians more closely associate Christmas with Santa than Jesus.

Calling Christmas a Christian holiday is about as accurate as calling it a Pagan holiday.

There is nothing secular about Christmas. We don’t celebrate it and I found the video gross.

This post was a joke, right? It's so hard to tell on dcum sometimes.

The video was insulting.

True, Elf prejudice has been a real problem ever since Will Ferrell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This guy needs to get a job

+1. Or at least a new comms director. Or get rid of the comms director and use his salary to pay for two elementary school teachers to actually teach elementary school kids to read

[Anonymous]

Putting a Hanukiah and a teeny dreidl in front of a Christmas-tree-shaped stack of presents doesn’t hide that everything about this video screamed “we’re Christians who celebrate Christmas.”

Why can’t they just wish everyone a happy new year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This guy needs to get a job

+1. Or at least a new comms director. Or get rid of the comms director and use his salary to pay for two elementary school teachers to actually teach elementary school kids to read

He had the chance to get a new comms director. Instead, he re-upped on Chris Cram.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Putting a Hanukiah and a teeny dreidl in front of a Christmas-tree-shaped stack of presents doesn’t hide that everything about this video screamed “we’re Christians who celebrate Christmas.”

Why can’t they just wish everyone a happy new year?

Perhaps I missed one, but I didn't see even a single Christian religious reference in that video.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Putting a Hanukiah and a teeny dreidl in front of a Christmas-tree-shaped stack of presents doesn’t hide that everything about this video screamed “we’re Christians who celebrate Christmas.”

Why can’t they just wish everyone a happy new year?

Perhaps I missed one, but I didn't see even a single Christian religious reference in that video.

Everything was about Christmas which is a Christian holiday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Putting a Hanukiah and a teeny dreidl in front of a Christmas-tree-shaped stack of presents doesn’t hide that everything about this video screamed “we’re Christians who celebrate Christmas.”

Why can’t they just wish everyone a happy new year?

Perhaps I missed one, but I didn't see even a single Christian religious reference in that video.

Everything was about Christmas which is a Christian holiday.

By all means, please explain the significance of elves in Christianity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Putting a Hanukiah and a teeny dreidl in front of a Christmas-tree-shaped stack of presents doesn’t hide that everything about this video screamed “we’re Christians who celebrate Christmas.”

Why can’t they just wish everyone a happy new year?

Perhaps I missed one, but I didn't see even a single Christian religious reference in that video.

Star on top of Christmas tree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Putting a Hanukiah and a teeny dreidl in front of a Christmas-tree-shaped stack of presents doesn’t hide that everything about this video screamed “we’re Christians who celebrate Christmas.”

Why can’t they just wish everyone a happy new year?

Perhaps I missed one, but I didn't see even a single Christian religious reference in that video.

Star on top of Christmas tree.

Touché

[Anonymous]

Seriously, though, I can't tell if the offense claimed here is genuine. Most people don't view Christmas as a religious holiday anymore. My kids don't even know its connection to Christianity.

[Anonymous]

Meh. It's a little over a minute and it doesn't take much time or energy for post-production. I could do it in ten minutes. It's what he likes to do so good for him.

Could it have been a bit more broad in its embrace of winter holidays rather than a specific one? Yes. Some of us don't celebrate Christmas, so . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh. It's a little over a minute and it doesn't take much time or energy for post-production. I could do it in ten minutes. It's what he likes to do so good for him.

Could it have been a bit more broad in its embrace of winter holidays rather than a specific one? Yes. Some of us don't celebrate Christmas, so . . .

What do you celebrate?

[Anonymous]

I thought it was cute.