Politically Correct Holiday Songs

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The other day I was at the grocery store. Of course, there was "shop til you drop" music blaring over the store's loudspeakers. (Whatever happened to less obtrusive, if more hypnotic, Muzak?)

As I was strolling along the aisles, a song came over the speakers that caused me to screech to a halt, jaw agape. This is what I heard:

We wish you a Happy Holiday,
We wish you a Happy Holiday,
We wish you a Happy Holiday,
And a Happy New Year
Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
We wish you a Happy Holiday
And a Happy New Year

I kid you not.

Okay, I got to thinking. Suppose we were to run the most favorite Christmas Carols through the Politically Correct Filter. Here are a few samples. Feel free to add to the list!


Politically Correct Holiday Songs
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We Wish You a Happy Holiday

I'm Dreaming of a White Holiday

Have Yourselves a Merry Little Holiday

I'll Have a Blue Holiday

The Holiday Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

I'll Be Home for the Holidays (If Only In My Dreams)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Holidays

Have a Holly, Jolly Holiday

It's Beginning to Look a Lot like the Holidays

O Holiday Tree, O Holiday Tree

Rockin' Around the Holiday Tree

Feliz días de Fiesta (Feliz días de Fiesta)

The 12 Days of the Holidays

Holiday Baby Please Come Home

All I Want for the Holidays Is My Two Front Teeth

Happy Holidays, Darling (We're Apart, That's True)

Please Come Home for the Holidays

I Heard the Bells on the Holidays

The Holidays In Killarney

The Night Before the Holidays (And All Through the House, Not a Creature Was Stirring)
 
As Charlie Brown would exclaim ... "Good Grief!"

However, unbeknownst to many is the etymology of the term 'holiday'. It derives from the Old English 'hâligd¿g' which translates to ‘holy day’ in modern English.
And, indeed, Christmas and Hanukkah are holy days for the Judeo-Christian people!

Since 'Christmas' is a post-Bible term whose meaning has become more secularized many Church denominations often use the terms "The Natvity of our Lord" "Feast of the Nativity" or simply "Noel" to denote the holiday's sacred meaning in spoken reference. Correspondingly, the Orthodox Church's popular sacred greeting during this time of year is "Happy Christ's Birth!", so there is no ambiguity of meaning.

I'm sure that would please Linus, who quoted Luke 2.8-14 from The Holy Bible to define the real meaning of CHRISTmas!
 
Xmas songs and "PC" haters

I am definitely NOT in favor of changing "xmas" to "holidays" in xmas songs.  These songs are insidious brainwashing.  I say leave them alone, as they were not meant to bring joy to ALL people; they were meant to bring legitimacy to the idea that this holiday is real, should be celebrated, and its observants are worthy of blessings and praise.


 


As for the "politically correct" detractors and their raucous reactions to non-christian celebrations, I find them repugnant and un-American.  So you want only your holiday, traditions, and festivities to be acknowledged and honored, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> you (self-righteously) get <span style="text-decoration: underline;">upset / angry / violent</span> when others do not acknowledge and honor your holiday, traditions, and festivities in the way <span style="text-decoration: underline;">you</span> wish?  



Congratulations!  YOU are what's wrong with America.  YOU are the reason for the rise in the very political correctness you detest.


 


For those unaware, December also hosts the holidays of Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Boxing Day, Bodhi Day, Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, Winter Solstice, Krampusnacht, Pacha Ganapati, Las Posadas, and Dongzhi, in addition to other December 25th celebrations (Malkh, Feast of Anastacia of Sirmium, etc).  Little as these days may mean to you, observants of any of these holidays may feel the same of xmas.  So should we knock everyone down or lift everyone up?


 


I love the American argument, "This is a christian nation! We've always celebrated xmas!"  Actually, Christians in the US banned xmas until 1856, and even then, school was still held on xmas day until 1870.  That's only 145 years, while the US is officially 239 years old (but even the Pilgrims did NOT celebrate xmas).  So, yeah sorry, the US has NOT always celebrated xmas.


 


"Your PC bulls**t is ridiculous!"  Sorry, but I think your egocentric, privileged entitlement is way worse because your way of being has actually killed people.  Being kind and considerate to others as a way of being, has not.
 
It is the war on Christmas, which is held every year around about this time buy all the God haters. I really don't think it is a war on Christmas though. It is a war on the first six letters of Christmas...Christ. The Lord said, " The world hated me first," and boy isn't that true! It seems the world is at war against its Creator, I wonder who will win? I'm just kidding, I know who is going to win! It all written down in a book called the Holy Bible.
 
What about "The 12 Pains Of Christmas"
Batteries NOT included
Hangovers
Meeting in-laws
& Finding a Christmas tree

I cant remember the rest of that song; hadn't heard it in a long time
 
@floor-o-matic

OMG!  I absolutely LOVED that entire album when I was a kid!  It was called Twisted Christmas by Bob Rivers.  I loved "Wreck the Malls", "We Wish You Weren't Living with Us", and "The Restroom Door Said Gentlemen".  Now THOSE were amazing holiday songs that anyone could enjoy (provided they have a healthy sense of humor).  I remember laughing so hard at these songs...
 
Xmas

It is interesting to note the "X" of "Xmas" ... from dictionary.com:

"First of all, the abbreviation predates by centuries its use in gaudy advertisements. It was first used in the mid 1500s. X is the Greek letter “chi,” the initial letter in the word ×ñéóôüò. And here’s the kicker: ×ñéóôüò means “Christ.” X has been an acceptable representation of the word “Christ” for hundreds of years. This device is known as a Christogram."

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I have also seen the "Chi-Rho" Christogram used in place of "Christ" in "Christmas".

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"No Jesus, no peace. Know Jesus, know peace." How wonderful it is to be a Christian!
 

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