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A tale of two holidays

December 19, 2007 - 8:17 am - by Roger Kimball

A friend sent me this illuminating seasonal message:

To My Democrat Friends:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wish.


To My Republican Friends:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Forgive me, then, for wishing everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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7 Comments, 7 Threads

  1. 1. Denis Eugene Sullivan

    Greetings:

    Ego te absolvo.

    December 19, 2007 - 12:17 pm   Link to this Comment | Reply
  2. 2. LSD

    In suggesting that it is an illumninating message, I hope you don’t mean to suggest that it comes from an inspired, or otherwise superior point-of-view, creed or culture.

    I hope you have a cooperative new year and wish you the largeness of spirit to disregard measurement of any kind.

    December 19, 2007 - 12:42 pm   Link to this Comment | Reply
  3. 3. Norma

    I loved it! I’ll try to translate it to Portuguese (I’m from Brazil).
    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too! :-)

    December 19, 2007 - 2:11 pm   Link to this Comment | Reply
  4. 4. Lila

    I Wish you a Happy “Deus Sol Invictus”.

    I don’t care if Christians or someone else stole this celebration.
    The original meaning still in our the hearts and minds: “Hail the Unconquered Sun God”…

    No matter the way people see Him, He’s eternal… and He wins ever their enemies, no metter they are pegans, christians, muslins…

    See? thats funny!!! you christians celebrates a pagan festival…. I LOVE THAT!!!! lol

    December 21, 2007 - 3:37 pm   Link to this Comment | Reply
  5. 5. Tomas de Torquemada

    To my Moslem friends:

    IN HOC SIGNO + VINCEMUS

    Yours,

    Tomas de Torquemada

    December 21, 2007 - 4:38 pm   Link to this Comment | Reply
  6. 6. Josh SN

    Would you mind telling me why you deleted my posts?

    I didn’t make up that reading of Matthew 15. Check for yourself. Ask a priest.

    December 22, 2007 - 4:18 am   Link to this Comment | Reply
  7. 7. ty jilo

    how fucking stupid.

    December 25, 2007 - 9:45 am   Link to this Comment | Reply

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