EMMIE SMASH

[emmelinemay]

Warning, strong opinions are about to be put forth.

Someone in a dept meeting just complained that our company christmas cards (which feature a TOTALLY non-denominational picture of...our logo) said 'Happy Christmas' on the front.

Ok. If i lived and worked in, say, Israel . I would NOT complain if my company put out 'Happy Hannukah' cards. Nor would I insist they change it to 'seasons greetings'. If I lived and worked in, say, Indonesia. I wouldn't complain about people celebrating Eid.

Christmas is the holiday season here in the UK, that is the festival we choose to celebrate, be it because you are celebrating solstice, the 'birth of jesus', whatever. If you live here, accept that we celebrate christmas. It's NOT offensive to say 'Happy Christmas', i'm sorry, but it' ISN'T. Not in the UK.

I must be getting intolerant in my old age, as i am starting to get really frustrated when the majority panders to the minority 'just in case' offence is caused.

Don't even get me started on people that want to live in the UK from somewhere else but don't learn English. If i wanted to live in Germany. I'd bloody well learn German.

You know, next year, this ONE person has asked that we put 'seasons greetings' only on the cards, which currently say 'Merry Christmas' on the outside and 'Best wishes for the New Year' on the inside - because not everyone has their new year now either o_O

Feel free to offer alternative view points, if you disagree! Only well put arguments need apply...

I have to say, i was tempted to claim i was a Pastafarian,, and that i insisted that we all only eat pasta at social functions.

Comments

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

He's Jewish. Hes asked if he can bring in doughnuts and a Menorah in at some point in december to have a celebration for anyone that wants to attend.

Nice idea i guess, but you know, no one minds him doing that. None of us have a problem with him bringing in food, and saying happy Hanukkah. And yet he has a problem with us sending out happy christmas cards.

[redshira.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, another Jewish person acting like an idiot and making us all look bad. And, at the same time, completely missing the point of what it means to be Jewish - one of the main things about it is having an attitude of "you do what you like and we'll do what we like and nobody will bother anyone else". The emphasis is very much on respect and not making a fuss about stuff like Christmas if you happen to live in a country where it's the main holiday. Gah.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

not making a fuss about stuff like Christmas if you happen to live in a country where it's the main holiday.

Quite.

I actually found myself rather annoyed when he was suggesting it, as he kept saying 'if no one minds' and 'if that's ok with everyone else' with the clear implication that if it WASN'T ok, we were being all bigoted and offensive.

Now, if a company was to refuse time off to someone to celebrate a religious festival, THAT would be out of order. But to ask people to pretend they AREN'T celebrating one just because other people aren't?

If he complains about any christmas decorations...

[redshira.livejournal.com]

Tell him he's being a schmuck. That way, he can't complain, because it's Yiddish! You're using inclusive language from the appropriate culture!

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

*high five*