Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas
There are some pretty crazy things happening here in Toronto this time of year. A Judge in a downtown courthouse has ordered the removal of a Christmas tree because he felt that it would make those who do not celebrate Christmas feel unwelcome. Some businesses are no longer allowed to say Merry Christmas. Instead, it’s happy holidays.
It’s unfortunate that in today’s melting pot society, where Sikhs are demanding to be allowed to wear their turbans while they drive cabs, kids are no longer allowed to pray in school, and we remove the word Christmas from most things because it may be offending to someone.
While i do not disagree with the judges decision (every judge has jurisdiction over his own courthouse) to remove the tree from the lobby, I do disagree with removing Christianity from this north American Culture. The fact is that the religious breakdown of Canada is Catholic (45%), Protestant (36%) and a mixture of other religions to make up the rest. Why take Christianity out of a country where over 80% of its population is Christian. Is this fair to its “native” inhabitants. I know some may argue that we were never native to Canada in the first place, but we call it home now so I am not going to get into that argument.
I vote that we put Christmas back into Canada. The Christmas tree at City hall is NOT a holiday tree, its a Christmas tree. There was never a commercial or religions occasion named after a man named holiday. It was named after Christ. I am not sure at which point in history a tree became a symbol for Christ or his birth but that is beside the point. it’s blatantly obvious that it is a Christmas tree, so why call it something else!?