Christmas IS a Legal Holiday – Get Over It
Christmas is a time for family, gifts, food, and a day off from work. Every year it also becomes a major jumping off point for both sides of the “separation of church and state” argument.
It’s never been an issue around me or my family, but it has always struck me as curious. People want to ban the symbol of the holiday, and yet they would THROW A FIT about if the holiday was ever taken away. I decided to dig into the holiday a little farther.
My first stop was Webster’s dictionary. Here, Christmas is defined as a festival celebrating the birth of Christ. So it would only make sense to show a visual of this birth – much like the fireworks at the 4th of July are used as a reminder of the cannons and gunfire from the war.
A quick (although not very thorough) search of the internet found that the federal holiday of Christmas has been around since 1870. Wikipedia says that Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. But a judge ruled recently that the Christmas Holiday is secular – rejecting a suit that said the federal Christmas holiday violated the First Amendment.
Clearly, Christmas is the celebration of Christ (as the name implies). To say otherwise, no matter how many snowmen or Santa’s may grace the streets, is just wrong. If people don’t like the holiday, then they should boycott it and go to work. That would show the government. Otherwise, enjoy the break and find something legitimate to squawk about.