Merry "Holiday" Charlie Brown
So I got into a debate today about calling Christmas trees "holiday" trees. There was some kind of craziness earlier in the week about a Lowe's that called their trees holiday trees this year in a move to become more appealing to their multitheistic customer base. Evidently, this was not "ok" with the Christians who immediately were up in arms about it and calling for boycotts of Lowes.
Is it just me, or is that a load of crap? I mean holiday is a generic term that is inclusive as opposed to exclusive. In essence, Lowe's was trying to appeal to a wider range of belief systems. They were stopped by the very vocal narrowminded majority. Do I have a problem with this? Hell yes! I mean, lets be honest here...if Christmas meant what they purport it to be about, there would be less concern about presents and more about churchgoing and charity. So I say to the narrowminded masses, instead of wasting your energy on boycotts, lets see you get out and do something practive for the homeless. Otherwise...leave Lowe's alone. They were trying to include everyone in the holiday season. Judge not lest ye be judged. (Or love thy neighbor as thyself.) Whichever floats your boat. Incase you don't recognize those, they are both from your favorite book. You might try reading it sometime. Maybe during the holiday...
