- Ashley Tarter of James City County, Virginia, created a line of buttons that say “Wish Me a Merry Christmas.” Tarter was so fed up with store employees who would only say “Happy Holidays” that she launched the button business in July. Her Website is www.wmamc.com
- Jim Ward of Westminster, Maryland, operates Operation Christmas Tree. The program seeks to send Christmas trees to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Operation Christmas Tree has shipped 5,000 trees this season. Ward was inspired by his daughter, an Army medic who was deployed last Christmas. www.operationchristmastree.com
- Thousands of individuals, like Linda Harvey of Mission: America, take the time to write to companies to express her disgust when they omit the word “Christmas” in their advertising. Harvey, based in Columbus, Ohio, wrote to several, saying, “I will not be buying from you this year. Your latest e-mail advertisement fails to mention the actual name of the actual holiday for which we’re all supposed to spend so much money. Until you actually mention Christmas, I can’t find any reason for which to spend money with you.”
- Finally, we salute the anonymous author of the poem CMI received last week:
‘Twas the month before Christmas when all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying, nor taking a stand.
Why the P.C. Policemen were taking away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt someone’s feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a “Holiday.”
And shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get It!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod.
Something was changing, something was quite odd!
Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken and Fonda.
As Best Buy was busy promoting their “WOW”
At Home Depot “Christmas” trees couldn’t be found.
At K-Mart and Staples and Penny’s and Sears
The hallowed word “Christmas” will ne’er grace your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty
The terms that were used to intimidate me.
Now Edwards, Pelosi, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Barack , on Kerry, on Clinton !
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.
And we spoke not a word, as they muzzled our faith
Forbade us to speak of salvation and grace.
The true Gift of Christmas exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.
So as you celebrate “Winter Break” under your “Dream Tree”
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout “MERRY CHRISTMAS,” not “Happy Holiday.”
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