Winter Holiday? Options

[DisneyPrincessKa...]

Around here places are no longer selling Christmas trees. They are selling Holiday trees instead. People refrain from using the term Christmas tree for fear of offending those who do not celebrate Christmas. I am unaware of any holiday during december that uses a Christmas tree, so why do we need to change the name?

Now, Christmas is the most main stread holiday out there. Not everyone celebrates it, but it is very highly advertised. If it is such a popular holiday why must the media deny it's meaning? It celebrates the birth of Christ, however people often dance around that because they do not want to offend others.

Should there be a new holiday for buying presents, one that has no religious ties? Or should Chirstmas be Christmas and not "The Winter Holiday"? I'd especially like to hear from those of you who do not celebrate Christmas.

[Spirited Away]

Who are these "people" that do not want of offend non-Christians? Are they Christians, non-Christians, or both? The media denies its meaning how and in what way? Can you give us an example? In turn, I shall name the many ways non-Christians are denied (but maybe that's for another debate). Though Christmas officially celebrates Christ's birth (belated), the Winter holidays is just as meaningful for non-Christians to observe. In fact, non-Christians have celebrated the Winter holidays centuries before Christ was born. What problem do you see with people "dancing around" Christians' meaning of Christmas? Perhaps you have mistaken their tune. People may use whatever terms they wish depending on how they perceive the meaning of Christmas and the Winter holidays.

Maybe folks in your area are merely trying to target the non-Christian market by using alternate, less religious terms. In Texas, Houston at least, we still have Christmas trees and plenty of talk about Christ's birth.

Christmas is Christmas to Christians, but the day is also part of the Winter holidays for non-Christians, why should there be a new, separate holiday? Non-Christians don't have a problem with Christians celebrating Christmas, unless Christians are holding a grudge with the rest of the world celebrating the Winter holidays, there shouldn't be a problem.