White House defends banning Christmas from 'holiday' cards

Wow! I actually agree with something that someone at the White House said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120601900_pf.html

Religious conservatives are miffed because they have been pressuring stores to advertise Christmas sales rather than "holiday specials" and urging schools to let students out for Christmas vacation rather than for "winter break." They celebrated when House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) insisted that the sparkling spectacle on the Capitol lawn should be called the Capitol Christmas Tree, not a holiday spruce.

Then along comes a generic season's greeting from the White House, paid for by the Republican National Committee. The cover art is also secular, if not humanist: It shows the presidential pets -- two dogs and a cat -- frolicking on a snowy White House lawn.

"Certainly President and Mrs. Bush, because of their faith, celebrate Christmas," said Susan Whitson, Laura Bush's press secretary. "Their cards in recent years have included best wishes for a holiday season, rather than Christmas wishes, because they are sent to people of all faiths."

That is the same rationale offered by major retailers for generic holiday catalogues, and it is accepted by groups such as the National Council of Churches. "I think it's more important to put Christ back into our war planning than into our Christmas cards," said the council's general secretary, the Rev. Bob Edgar, a former Democratic congressman.

Good job WH

bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa.

"more important to put Christ back into our war planning than into our Christmas"

nonbeliever.

that joystick ride to the rapture; 'specially without Condi and Guckert and Big Dick, little Scottie and Harriet-Babs--there's just too many the gods wouldn't allow.

NoFederales

that whole "attack on Christmas" hubbub
has totally evaporated... pooof

The poor weepy freepies just don't know
what to do when they get conflicting signals
from HQ. With hope and a little egging on,
perhaps their tiny little heads will explode
in a sickening but glorious pop.

I see the term all the time here in reference to conservatives (I think,) but I can't figure out its derivation. Help me out, somebody. Thanks!

go there. It's totally gross.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/06/churches.closed.christmas.ap/index.html

how will christianity survive?

seem to be catering to the non-Christian traditions attached to the holiday. This makes me again wonder what these church's true agendas are. Sorry, but as a child I always attended church on Christmas, especially if it occurred on a Sunday. My mother was one of the church volunteers, and didn't think that going to church was interrupting her time in any way. I recall reading children's books back then, and even if they were about Santa and toys there was usually a page about going to church. This was the accpeted practice in my town back in the '50s.

That particular sect has strayed too far from the flock.

What does the Prince of Peace have to do with war?

to imply that Christian values should come to mind when considering matters as serious as war -- like perhaps avoiding the war to begin with.

"...included best wishes for a holiday season, rather than Christmas wishes, because they are sent to people of all faiths."

That's the same reason SANE people give for saying 'Happy Holidays' or 'Season's Greetings' and that is called the WAR ON CHRISTMAS.