Merry Christmas! I mean, Season's Greetings! I mean, Happy Holidays! Oh, maybe I should just say, Happy Cold and Flu Season -- Did you get your shots??? If not, I want the blond without the obvious vitiligo to make my Gingerbread latte, thank you! It seems like more and more, we're getting away from being able to say freely what we want these days. I find it sad that no matter where you go, you can't just speak your mind. Everything must be politically correct before it comes out of your mouth. Why can't I wish you Merry Saturnalia Rites and a Happy Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, you stupid clueless Christian? Is that so bad? I am not offended when someone wishes me a Happy Hanukah, but boy do they get all huffy if I simply wail Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi! Death to Israel! in a well-intentioned response.
Last week in my son's preschool, they had their "Winter Program". That's great, it was a cute little concert, with three or four songs they sang. However, back in my day, these were called "Holiday" concerts. And we sang "Holiday" songs, such as, "Jingle Bells", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" and *gasp* "Silent Night", and innocent, irony-free renditions of "Santa Baby" and "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore". Now, I am not one who likes to offend people. More often, I am the people pleaser. I have received plenty of "Holiday" lingerie over the years testifying to this fact. I just don't understand why people need to be offended so easily about songs? I mean, it's not as if they are singing about fags marrying and legally adopting all our cloned Baby Jesus super soldiers, right?
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