Happy Yule to an Inquisitive Young Lady

My response to some honest questions from an inquisitive young lady concerning the celebration of Christmas and the expressions "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays." This video is a response to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPmy1YEIoGQ&list=UUmgaU6zH-K8iebmz_dz0k_g&...

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[KingOystar]

wow great vid I agree 100% as a jew I do not mind hearing an Xtian saying "merry christmas" to me. but why should I have to wish merry christmas to them? id say "Happy Chanukah" to everyone but I dont want to be a jerk and assume everyone does Chanukah

[WildwoodClaire1]

@KingOystar Hope you had a happy "cha-noo-ka." Just kidding, I dun been edumacated and know how to pronounce them funny Hebrew words :))

[WildwoodClaire1]

@emancoy I suspect that her dad's experience with cultural and religious diversity is not much greater than hers.

[emancoy]

Poor stephanie, growing up with a narrow father like that. I hope that she eventually figure things out on her own soon.

[StrikaAmaru]

3:30 Well, Stephanie, you just answered your own question: christmas trees, presents, and eggnog, and lights, and most carols, have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus. Frankly, even if I were a rabid, frothing-at-the-mouth Atheist instead of the agnostic atheist I am, there's no point in getting angry about Christmas because there's so little about it that even is christian in the first place.

[norwayjonas]

The early church here in norway wantet the long midwinter tradition of "Jul" to be named Christ-Masse (or "krist messe" in norwegian). It didn't catch on so even christians her in norway call it Jul. God Jul from Norway

[WildwoodClaire1]

@aIyshooting Irrelevant.

[aIyshooting]

@WildwoodClaire1 but yours is, right?

Don't kid yourself, Claire, you're white trash.

[christo930]

@christo930 I do want to add one caveat and that is I haven't spoken to that teacher(I lost contact with his cousin about 10 years ago) and apparently things got so bad that they completely restructured the school and it now only serves K-2nd grade. I sincerely hope that they have improved.

[christo930]

@christo930 One other thing, it's easy to be all academic about "ghetto" kids when you get to view it from a distance. It becomes theoretical, a thought experiment. Not all ghetto kids are bad, but there was enough of them to make it a bad school. Ironically, I later met a friend who's cousin now works as a teacher at Barton school, and it's so bad they need armed security in an elementary school. These kids came from a neighborhood where violence was everywhere, wouldn't you protect your kids?

[christo930]

@christo930 Don't forget that 6 years of Catholic school did nothing to prevent me from becoming an atheist. Private, non-religious schools weren't in the area, my family was Catholic and it was a good school and I have (mostly) fond memories of going to that school. It's easy to condemn others when you aren't in the same position. Maybe your local school was a good one and it wasn't an issue, but my parents made the choice they thought was best.

[christo930]

@Douglas1102 Look, kids only get 1 shot at an education. If you are faced with sending your child to a violent, poorly performing public school, or a private school that happens to be Catholic and who's students do very well in tests (it used to be the STS test when I was in elementary school) and is in the opposite physical direction of the bad neighborhood, it only makes sense to do it. My parents didn't want to make martyrs of my siblings and I. Look up C. Barton school in philadelphia.

[Douglas1102]

@christo930 I don't need lectures about being rude from someone who uses the term "ghetto" pejoratively towards kids and thinks religious based schools are the answer. Toronto has almost the same population as "Philly" and half the people weren't born in Canada so maybe you should rethink your views.

[ostbagen]

@cdickenson64 Making it religious to the Pagans (, witch is a very broad term. Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller", "rustic") is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions.)

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