Banning of Christmas decorations
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"Decorate your tree, a couple of little crackers and your nicely polished decorated balls in-between
Merry Christmas
Terry Killeavy, Gotham, United Kingdom"
Why bring John Prescott into it? I thought he was connected to Chipolatas
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This is a multicultural country. To have any one religion and their occasions (like christmas) put above the other is offensive and therefore I will be ensuring we don't have christmas decorations in my workplace.
Tony BlairSupporter, London
YOU ARE EXACTLY WHATS WRONG WITH OUR COUNTRY. This is Great Britain, a Christian country. 3% of the population does not equate to the majority "Mr Blairs muppet". You will soon be following your Fuhrer into the oblivion of has-been nonsense crackpots!
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To TonyBlair Supporter, London - Please, please, please tell me you are joking.
If not may I suggest you go and sit in a darkened room for a while.
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To TonyBlair Supporter, London - Please, please, please tell me you are joking.
If not may I suggest you go and sit in a darkened room for a while.
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Next time I see a veil or any other religious garment not normally associated with Great Britain I'm going to get offended and insist it is removed.
who's country is this again?
Stuart S
Small-minded rubbish. No Muslim has tried to ban any christmas tradition. They revere Jesus as a prophet. Who's country is it? Everyone's that lives here. Not just bigots.
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I personally find anyone who finds Christmas decorations to be offensive, extremely offensive! The British Tradition of Christmas decorations should be protected, and anyone who doesn't like them should go and live in in a cave in Afganistan.
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This is Britain!!!
First and foremost, and if people come here and dont like it then go back to where they came from, pure and simple. For those minorities born here well good luck to you but remember this is a Christian country. If this offends then move out ( this will also solve the housing problem and cut greenhouse gases by not having so many foul smelling take aways).
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I'm not a god squader but I do know this is a Christian Country and that Christmas despite its Pagan festival of lights beginings is our Ramadam, Dwahli whatever.
The day we stop putting up Christmas decorations to appease non christians is the day I start petrol bombing non-christian centres of worship (or words to that effect).
We should take the Saudi or Maldavian approach to religion and ban all but our own, it will save a lot of arguments.
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Of course they should be banned - we need to get the population used to being ruled by Sharia Law!
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I can't believe the fascism of mind expressed here - I loathe Xmas because I hate shopping, pointless rubbish decorations and awful food - never mind being annually criticised because I don't want to spend even more time with the dullards I have to work with.
Enjoy yourselves your own way (even show a little originality) but don't hassle me because I don't believe it is Baby Cheese's birthday and do believe you are driven by conformist paranoia.
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i can't believe what i am hearing this is gt britain not pakistan or other muslim countrys what about our children christmas lights and santas and all that should carry on never mind upsetting muslims ect if they dont like it get out of britain i dont know what the world is coming to its like the union jack it should be flown from every retail outlet it is british never mind what the muslims say this is britain they should not ban xmas because muslims dont like it sod them
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oh comeon, how could anyone be offended by christmas? it's a colorful amalgemy of winter celebrations that tend to bring out the best in people. The christians have tried to make it their holliday, but that's been falling off for some time and its generaly becoming a more secular holiday. I can only assume the "non christians" are muslims (offended by everything non muslim) and the growing number of self-hateing liberals who'd have us beleive the 'evil west' is responsible for all the worlds ill
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THIS IS JUST WRONG.
If our traditions offend you......LEAVE.
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There are prayer rooms for people when they want to worship durind Eid. There are samosa's in the kitchen for Diwali. But woe betide you if you hang some tinsel from your desk in Britain in the year 2006. Why not make all our lives easier, put up our hands and say "We surrender. Please take over our country and we are sorry if we have in anyway offended you in the previous 2000 years".
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Its a mid-winter festival, ffs, always was and always will be.
Has been hijacked by Christians as has been Easter... 'bout time they got their grubby hands off it, frankly. And bout time to wise up and stop believing in the faeries.
Enjoy your yule log.
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How many times do you kneejerk righties need to be told
THERE IS NO POLICY TO BAN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
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Having read through the comments from last night, I found comments threatening to firebomb minority places of worship and calls to ban all religiions other than Christianity. All for something that is not happening. We do have a sickness in this country, but it is emphatically not "PC gone mad". It is the whining and aggression of ill-educated fools who hate all minorities and use these "PC" myths as an excuse to vent their ignorant xenophobia. I am utterly disgusted.
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This IS a christian country, the Head of state is a christian and you can't be head of state unless you belong to the COE, The national anthem specifically mentions belief in God, ministers swear on scripture when sworn in, as do juries/witnesses. THIS IS A CRISTIAN COUNTRY AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT LEAVE!
laughing devil, London, United Kingdom
Only 2 posters have supported a ban and one was clearly joking. This is now a mulit-cultural country and if you don't like it leave!!!
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Why don't you people just tell it like it is
"Look, right, I didn't pay attention at school, cos I thought looking hard was all that was important, then I got a rubbish job cos I was too thick to do anything else, my love life is pants too. So I need to fasten my hate onto someone else because otherwise I'd have to admit that my feelings of worthlessness are because I'm worthless"
You'd probably feel a lot better and then you could stop hating anyone different to yourselves
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OK folks guess what I work in the PRIVATE SECTOR, bringing money into the economy. Not at work this week.. I wouldnt want to see decorations banned (they never have been except by christians) I wouldnt want to see the Union Jack banned (it never has been). I am simply appalled at the ability of the gutter press to stir the anger of people who don't have the education to go beyond the headlines.
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One incredibly amusing fact to come out of this fantasy is that the thick whining little englanders who moan the most about "keeping Britain British" can neither spell nor use the language correctly. Points back to my earlier comment about this being more about ignorance than real issues. Just one more time: THERE IS NO BAN, THERE WAS NO BAN , THERE WILL NEVER BE A BAN. Now please go away , read some books and try not to be so easily led.
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this is political correctness gone wrong. how can welive like this.
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This just looks like another case of the
"slow news day, let's whip up a mob"
mentality of the modern media.
Only the UK and US seem to fall for it.
I think this is due to:
1) Organization being afraid of "lawsuits"
2) Religious people trying to score points
at every opportunity. (Our religion is right! etc.)
Christmas is what it is:
A winter pagan festival subsumed by the early Christians
so that their religion was more palatable for converts.
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Just some po-faced tub of lard managers showing themselves up as boorish bores again. Can't imagine many non-christians objecting.
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I'd like to start by saying I'm Christian. Has anyone ever looked at the origins of our winter festival? The only thing Christian about it is the name, and even that's pushing it because Jesus was not actually born on that day. It was a ploy to make the pagans convert. So stop being kill-joys and just enjoy a colourful winter festival that breaks up the monotony of the long cold nights. We have a tree in our foyer at work and we don't associate the company with a religion!
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Why don't we ask every person who finds anything this country does offensive to leave, as i am sick of political correctness, The ba cross, veils,images of christ etc. Get a life!!and let a multicultural society all celebrate the traditions they all want without penalising one faith or another.
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Boring topic - lets have a go at the muslims or other ethnic minorities who actually dont get offended by the decorations.
What offends me is people that buy these sort of headlines to have a go at other communities.
Far more to worry about in this country such as yobbish alcoholic behaviour.
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The ironic thing about this is that Christmas trees and decorations have absolutely nothing to do with the Christian festival of Christmas. The christmas tree only became popular during Queen Victoria's reign, when her German husband imported the idea from Germany. The idea is that by bringing an evergreen tree indoors, it lift the leafless, grey gloom of winter and reminds everyone that spring and is just around the corner. The PC bridage really should get their facts right.
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"If someone wants to celebrate the season of consumerism go right ahead but i couldnt really care less either way.....as for banning tinsel in the office....meh!! so what!!"
Take the cream out of cakes - who cares! Take the flowers out of plants - no skin off my nose!
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Here's a radical idea:
How about actually asking people if they want to ban Christmas? And then making a decision based on what people want?
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I'd like to know exactly what is the 'offence' that would be caused to other religions by puting up christmas decorations? I can't think what it might be.
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How long before an overzealous PCSO gives someone a fixed penalty notice for wearing a santa hat thus inciting racial hatred?
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I've yet to meet ONE non-Christian person that finds the term or the celebration of Christmas offensive. In fact most of them join in - as a key festival of the UK's No.1 religion it's part of our culture.
It's not like Christmas traditions are purely Christian anyway - the Christmas tree is thought to be of Pagan origin, after all. Strange not many people mention that.....
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Christmas decorations? Humbug!
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"Okay firstly:
1. It's Christmas, not Xmas, Christ was born, not person X
2. It's Merry Christmas, not Merry Xmas or Season's Greetings"
If you're going to be so pedantic, shouldn't it be "Happy Birthday, Jesus"?
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The country is going PC insane ! the madness is becoming unreal why dont we stop using Christian names as we may upset God knows who !
What is going on ? I grew up in a tolerant Christian country how dare these fools try and impose this nonsense upon us I cannot believe this !!!!!
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Could some one stop this planet please - I'd like to get off.
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"1. It's Christmas, not Xmas, Christ was born, not person X"
I'm afraid you're wrong. He's been referred to as X since the middle ages. It is by no means a modern way of referring to him, or Christmas.
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I am not a practising christian and to be honest I find Christmas to be nothing more than one large commercial break, however, there are those who still value it for what it really is and I respect their right to celebrate it without fear of breaching political correctness. I cannot imagine that any right minded Jews, Hindus or Muslims in our communities would be offended any more than I am at their celebrations of their own festivals. This political censorship really needs to stop now.
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Where did this myth come from, did some minority actually complain, or is it busy-bodies trying (and obviously failing) to anticipate what they are thinking. There are a lot of people here, who are acting like it is non-Christians doing this, and guess what, ITS NOT US (Im an atheist). Its leaders of councils, bosses, and Christians that seem to be doing this. Other religions are indifferent as far as I know. Have you seen one person say yes, I object to this holiday? No? Well keep stum!
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It's not decorations and references to Christ that need banning, it's Political Correctness.
Come on Tony Bliar do something useful and worhty of remembering, ban PC NOW!
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This has nothing to do with the fear of causing offence and everything to do with some bosses hating to see any form of 'work downtime' i.e. time spent putting up decorations.
They are the scrooges.
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Christmas decorations should be banned until three or four days before Christmas day, and we should emphasise the spirit of Christmas, a time of goodwill and a time to reflect on our purpose here.
Unfortunately muslim extremists will only look at it as a time when our guard is down, businesses as a time when their sales must go up, and most youngsters as a time to get totally legless!
Shame
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And exactly who on earth are these people declaring such garbage and is my tax paying them to say such drivel.. they should be forced to wear musical santa socks all year round as way of apology! reading other comments they are the ones who have OFFENDED!!!
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Actually I think Gordon's just taxed Christmas so no pressies from Labour or Santa and judging by all accounts pensioners wont even get coal.
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but to deny a celebration which has been part of the uk's culture and herritage since Christ walked the earth is an insult to British people.
[Weezie79], Birmingham, United Kingdom
Christians stole the solstice celebrations from the 'pagans'. This time of year was celebrated long before Christ all over the world. It was subsumed into christainity, along with Beltain and Samhain to fool the masses when christianity was spread at the point of the sword and the flaming torch!
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Most Christmas decorations are tacky and unattractive from the artistic point of view, but that's not a reason to stop those who like them from putting them up!
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This is a christian country and we should be allowed to celebrate accordingly...
In other countries they dont stop their religious celebrations in case it offends us....so why are we expected to change for them...
This is getting totally out of hand.
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To everyone who's reading: I wish you all a Merry Christmas!!! (not season greetings or any other pc trash). Christmas is the universal birthday celebration of Jesus Christ. This is why christmas exists so, pc brigade, remember that & I hope you don't forget to attend Midnight Mass & sing Christmas carols & hear the Christmas sermon - in Church of course, not any other building... or you can work on Christmas day when we're all enjoying turkey dinner with booze, tinsel, baubles,fairy lights etc
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I am a non-religious person and a non God worshiper, but I can see that banning the Christmas decoration would be the first step towards letting our freedom be controlled by non-Christians. Of course we should invite them to participate—and mind you, most of them do—but never force them into doing anything Christian. But, depriving ourselves of our own happiness for their whimsical pleasure is ridiculous
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Peace and Goodwill to ALL men.
Christmas, for most people, is a time of celebration, being with family and friends and celebrating the achievments of the year. This is done by putting up decorations, exchanging cards and sharing a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie.
For sure, the origins are in the birth of Jesus, but for many people the above is more important. I don't see why such wonderful values cannot be shared and celebrated across faiths.
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I have never met a Jew, Hindu, Muslim, et al, ever asking for decorations, Christmas or the (the time of work) to be cancelled, toned down. This (if it really did happen) proposal I guarantee you is by white christina men/women( don't want to be sexists). This is PC madness gone mad. We need to get our sense of reality back, media needs to stop whipping up this hysteria......come on Britain, we are bigger than this.
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Although many of their staff are asian, the management of my local supermaket seem to have no concerns about offending either them or their customers with their usual excess of comercial yuletide salesmanship. As a white atheist I do find having to listen, while I shop, to all those cheesy songs, from mid-November onwards, quite offensive.
Myself aside, where are these offended minorities? Is all this hot air being expended for the benefit of people who don't exist?
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Baa Humbug a survey carried out by a UK Employment LAW firm, says it all really they are probably forseeing the potential for entanglement in the tinsel and any possible resultant law suits!
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This is manna from heaven for those on the extreme right, and will result in racial disharmony!
Political correctness and health and safety has gone too far, have these faceless minions totally lost the plot?
What other cultures would ban an element of their religous festivities so as not to offend christians - we are supposed to be a multicultural society!
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Words fail me - Why don't we cancel life altogether, then we wouldnt offend anyone. We cannot go on like this, it is stupid. I do not want to become a bland non entity who isnt allowed to say or do anything he believes in. Some communists might say, been there, done that, and look where it ended up.........I do not want to live in fear and this country is going downhill fast - where is the bottom of the hill and how do you stop ? POLITICIANS AND LAW MAKERS BEWARE, THIS WILL END IN TEARS !
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This is a ridiculous debate banning Christmas decorations, What next? If they want to ban something how about making it illegal to put made up signs of People's Birthday or anniversary e.t.c. on road signs or Bridges as it's a distraction to drivers and can cause a serious or Fatal accident.
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Political Correctness is a cancer that is slowly destroying our history, heritage and traditions. It needs to be taken seriously because if it is left unchecked it will remove any hint of personal freedom that we have left in the UK. We need to name and shame anyone who participates and subsribes to these kind of hateful shemes and policies. It's time we reclaimed our country back from these people.
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I dont really care for xmas either way. Cant see how anyone can be offended by it though.
In my work we have xmas decorations up it looks stupid and way over the top but again this doesnt offend me, perhaps slightly annoying but offensive. No.
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I am a muslim and don't know any other muslim who has in any sense felt offended by festive decorations. What on earth is there to be offended about the wonderfull lights adorning our citys bringing a bit of joy in this drizzly time of the year..
As a British muslim christmas is a fantastic opprtunity to share and help our commmunities to intregate. Anyone offended by this BRITISHNES tradition needs to stop being offended and move elsewhere. MERRY CHRISMAS UK
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I shall be giving Christmas cards in my office shortly. As usual I shall include colleagues who I know are Hindu or Muslim. After all, they are among the first to give Christmas cards to me.
[Mrs_Trellis]
But will your Christmas cards be symbolic of the birth of Christ or the usual cards featuring santa and snow?
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Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ. It has always been celebrated in our christian nation, so what has changed? if anyone finds it offensive Then live in another country that does not celebrate it! I personaly would find a veiled Islamic woman giving a Christmas speech on TV very offensive! Where are we going with all this. Oh, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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We're not having a Christmas Party - just a "December Gathering". My boss isn't from a Christian background, so doesn't want to go the Christmas route. We don't have tinsel around the place either. What a happy place to work!
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Why do people assume that the "minorities" refered to in the report are non-white/ foreigners? It may surprise you to know that the majority of immigrants class themselves as Christians.
People are so quick to blame Muslims, makes me ashamed to be British.
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"Okay firstly:
1. It's Christmas, not Xmas, Christ was born, not person X
2. It's Merry Christmas, not Merry Xmas or Season's Greetings"
Well if we're being picky it's not Christmas either, it's a pagan winter festival that has been hijacked!!!
Besides, these posts have a character limit hence the shortening
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Next time it's my birthday I won't bring in a cake to the office so I won't offend those people who don't share my birthday.
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The banning of decorations has nothing to do with fear of offending followers of other faiths.
It is to do with productivity. I believe that we should work hard and play hard but one is in work to work.
Ban decorations and all personal paraphernalia; photos of family, pop stars etc.
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Tinsel in the office may be pointless, but anyone who thinks it's offensive should get a life.
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How many people have been sued for putting up Christmas decorations then? I am guessing...none!
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I dont know. Maybe.
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Why can't we all put up what ever decorations for what ever festival we want?
Let all religions have a bash at it and then we might all understand each other more. Through its celebrations cultures demonstrate what it important to them.
Lets all try and join in with each other and learn something.
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what harm does this do to anybody? its probably the only time of here when majority of people are nice to eachother
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I dont believe this is a common problem and i dont think this issue has been raised by many asians, again i think this is more to do with making a headline. Im asian and ive just been out with my muslim colloeague buying our secret santa gifts for other colleagues in our office and i was the one who volunteered to put up the directions, we will be havin a turkey this 'Xmas', be it the stuffing slightly curried with bombay potatoes. Im sure Jesus Christ didnt want xmas to be all white!!
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Christmas is not about religion. It is about having a good time in the middle of winter and eating and drinking and giving and receiving presents.
David, Cornwal, UK
What CHRISTS MASS is not about religion
What planet did you evolve on?
It may have been moved to coincide with the pagan winter equinox celebration i.e. the return of light to the world but It's always been about religion.
We give and receive presents in recognition of the 3 kings that gave gifts to Christ at his birth
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Tell me, those that oppose Christmas decorations finding them 'offensive', will they be in your living room this year? Yes? Thought so.
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I would ban Christmas as I think we have lost sight of whatever it was that Christmas used to stand for.
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I'd like to see 'em try and stop it!!!!
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any way what does tinsel have to do with the Christian Christmas? I am hay to see the naivety scene banned and a stop to doorstep carol singing, as these are what made to destroy the mid winter festivals and Yule from our culture. but i am completely happy with the commercial Christmas decorations, although i think that should be banned to stop shops from trying to fleece us every year
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How ridiculous, I celebrate christmas and I am not a christian, i am not religous at all. I celebrate Xmas (it's an abbreviation!) because of it's pagan origins of the celebration of the days becoming longer. If you want to ban anything because of it's christian origins, ban new year (that is Jesus' birthday, not dec 25th) It's about time the people who are trying to abolish British traditions in the name of 'PC' (also an abbreviation!) took a history lesson!
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How on God's earth can tinsel be offensive? Does a Christmas tree hurl racial abuse at anyone, does a bauble threaten anyone's faith? Since when has joy and peace, fun and caring been a danger? If anyone finds these things offensive, then they truly have a problem bigger than mere mortals can solve. And if bosses that these things are offensive, then pray get off your power trip and get on with the job you are being paid to do. This is positive descrimiation all the way. God help us every one
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"Okay firstly:
1. It's Christmas, not Xmas, Christ was born, not person X"
Actually, the Early Church used X to denote Christ (it is the first letter in Greek) so the meaning is the same.
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Happy CHRISTMAS to you all. Be you Black, White, Christian, Hindu or Muslim. The sentiment is whats important. I wish you happiness at this particular time of year. The same way that I wished an indian friend Happy Diwali.
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History will look back on the 00's decade as Tax & Ban.
Sorry a little unnecessarily profound, especially as nobody is actually calling for a ban on decorations.
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Political correctness, compensation culture and the growing body of law which effectively says that if a person feels discriminated against by their employer they have a prima facie case to seek redress. Our laws and law makers (Parliament / Europe) have lost the plot. We need a new governemnt which reverses this growing culture of diversity at all costs.
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I keep reading about this, but does it really happen? I've never seen it.
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I have yet to meet a Muslim who is offended by Christmas celebrations of any kind. We're a bit jealous, perhaps, because our holidays tend to be rather dreary affairs, but that's why so many of us celebrate Christmas anyway. We like Jesus, too, after all!
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There's one very simple way to stop these ridiculous bans and that's to sack all the politically-correct, narrow-minded, pathetic little jobsworths who make these rules!
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I'm Jewish and I love Christmas. I don't celebrate it as a religious festival but love the atmosphere it generates.
I guess most bosses are too tight to pay out for decorations and are happy to have another excuse.
I say, when we are celebrating, everyone is happy.
People who are secure in their identity are not offended by other people's happiness.
I will be happily to eat my latkes with mince pies and a maybe the odd curry, if your'e offering....
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Christmas has nothing to do with the birth of the mythical Jesus. It's far older than that, and was a mid-winter festival in many cultures. It was hijacked by the Christians in Europe to get the non-Christians to perform some Christian ceremonies. As an atheist, and someone who does not believe that Jesus literally existed at all, Christmas is a fun festival to brighten up the darkest time of year. I'll be celebrating, and I don't object to my wife's singing of carols.
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The PC brigade are using double standards as they are trying to ban Christmas while not banning any festivals like Edie and Ramadan. I did not feel it was offensive when they had their festivals so how could they feel a Christian festival is offensive. There is only a minority that feel Christmas is offensive as many participate in the festivities and come to Christmas lunches etc... Being a Christian I find it offensive that council will not allow people to celebrate Christmas
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All we here nowdays is "we won't be doing this because it might offend muslims or hindus"
I would like to know one thing, how many muslim etc have actually complained?
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1. It's Christmas, not Xmas, Christ was born, not person X
Not quite right as was pointed out here a couple of years ago
********. stm
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I wonder when this madness is going to end. I cannot see any problem with having Christmas decorations up in the office, as along as though people do not go over the top with the decorations. It only comes around once a year the decorations go up and it puts people in a happy mood unless you’re Scrooge. Other religions celebrate in a different way and why should Christians get penalised. Happy Christmas
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I don't know why other religious group would be upset by Christmas decorations because apart from a small minority of the population
Christmas is no longer a religious festival in this country.I don't what we are celibrating but it's certainly not the birth of Jesus.I do know that retailers and pub landlords will be celibrating but maybe that's for a different reason.
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Isn't this report just aching to stir up anger and resentment amongst Christians! Christmas is everywhere, it is in no real danger of being lost - even if we can't all gaze at badly hung tinsel between 9 and 5! So 74% of 2000 employees said that their bosses are afraid of offending minorities. That might only be about 10 bosses in total you know! The overuse of the phrase "PC Brigade" on HYS drives me crazy!
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As a Christian living in a (nominally) Christian society I find the banning of anything that celebrates Christianity grossly offensive. Unfortunately, my feelings no longer count in this country and that makes me VERY angery.
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Celebrating the birth of Jesus and adoring your surroundings with tinsel are two entirely different things. Therefore the argument of whether you can or cannot decorate your workplace should not be confused with the celebration of the birth of our Lord.
On the other hand non believers during the middle ages would be burnt at the stake for heresey......now there's a thought
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Personally I find the very thought that someone could complain/be offended by Christmas, in whatever way, as being offensive to me. I am not offended by the holy Month of Ramadan, I am not offended when a person wishes to celebrate his/her faith, within reason, and see no reason whatsoever why Christmas decorations should not be put up. You hear stories these days where people have to refer to Christmas as the festive season, or winter festival. GET LOST, IT'S CHRISTMAS!
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I feel the real issue here is that something needs to be done about the group of individuals continually instigating these fallacious arguments.
Unnecessary debates such as this are dangerous as they are designed purely to stir and cause conflict in a society where the rest of us are trying to get along.
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I am disgusted that there's even a debate about this. To even humour those who want Christmas celebration 'banned' with a forum for debate is to encourage them to continue with their poisonous ideals. There is NOTHING anyone can say which justifies banning celebration of Christmas in a Christianity-based country. It is heading to a stage where we will have no heritage left, because something might offend a minority group. There are occasions when I think maybe the BNP aren't completely wrong...
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Our countries fascination with xmas amazes me. As a christain festival how many of the people who fervently celebrate xmas actually attend church other than for funerals & weddings. Not many!
xmas has been hijacked by big business to make money. People who spend vast somes of money on presents need their head examined. A couple of days after xmas everything you have just bought will be in the sales. Ban decorations they add to global warming as they need to be powered!
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"It's Christmas, not Xmas, Christ was born, not person X"
Tell that to the earliest Christians, who themselves used 'X' to denote Christ. ('X' or, rather, a very similar symbol pronounced something like 'chri' in Greek and being very similar to the Roamn X.) Indeed, in the early days of printing the church itslef used 'X' to denote Christ, to save on the labour of typesetting.
Here endeth the lesson...
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Does Christmas have anything to do with Christianity anymore for most people?
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Muslims are NOT offended by Christmas decorations - has anyone heard of muslims complaining about christmas?
Stop blaming us for everything !!
AMJAD, yorkshire
I dont think anyone is! I think its a bunch of idiots with nothing better to do that think this rubbish up.PC fools who are trying to make everyone the same and we are not! These people need to actually live in reality - and to think we are teaching our children this nonsense.
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Would someone tell me where I can find a list of these companies so that I can make quite sure that I do not support them in any way.
Doesn't the Red Cross prefer not to support Christmas?
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Banning tinsel because someone (who has yet to speak up or kick up a fuss about this) *might* be offended?
What a great over-reaction. Well done guys.
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Okay firstly:
1. It's Christmas, not Xmas, Christ was born, not person X
[Peter Davies, London]
Just to clarify a common misapprehension, Peter, the X in the abbreviation "Xmas" is nothing to do with a cross, or a way of Americanising the word. In fact, the greek letter Christos looks similar to the letter X, which is why Xmas is used. Although your point is irrelevant as Christ was born in March, not December.
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"Has anyone asked turkeys if they find Christmas offensive?
Britain's Ruined, Reading
They are more concerned about being part of the EU.
So There, South of England, United Kingdom"
So let's offer them our place in the EU as a Christmas present - to us!
Totally Disgruntled, Wokingham
That would be all my Christmas presents in one!
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It's Christmas, not Xmas, Christ was born, not person X - A Johnston, Glasgow
Actually, it’s not an X. It’s the Greek letter Chi, short for …
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I think this is a load of rubbish. Christmas decorations have been put up in my workplace and do so every year. Why suddenly change this because some people do not like it. If anything it puts my collegues in a festive mood and cheers them up. This country is getting worse!!!!!
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Oh come on!!! The very fact this question is being asked is perpetuating this nonsense!!!
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I'd like to know which 74% of companies this is - I've never heard of Christmas decorations being banned anywhere! (except in tabloid headlines). I'd certainly not want to work in such an oppressive environment.
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