Santa removed from Coke cans. Non-Christians find him "offensive."

[Busyman]

How is "O Christmas Tree" a Christian song?

[j2k4]

How is "O Christmas Tree" a Christian song?

How'd you manage to refrain from giving MN the captainobvious business?

[MagicNakor]

I was thinking more that worshiping idols (such as decorated trees) was generally frowned upon by Christians.

As an aside, when I sang it as a kid, it was widely entitled "O Tannenbaum" and any reference to "Christmas tree" was, in fact, "Tannenbaum."

Edit: It could very well be that Busy's still reeling from the pink-spandex wonder that he so oft references.

[peat moss]

Merry "Christmas " everyone , got this in an email today thought it was funny , Not for little ears and hopefuly doesn't offend anyone .

http://www.illwillpress.com/xmas.html

[peat moss]

I was thinking more that worshiping idols (such as decorated trees) was generally frowned upon by Christians.

As an aside, when I sang it as a kid, it was widely entitled "O Tannenbaum" and any reference to "Christmas tree" was, in fact, "Tannenbaum."

Edit: It could very well be that Busy's still reeling from the pink-spandex wonder that he so oft references.

Hey wait a minuet was it not the bloody Germans that first started decorating the xmas trees ?


Ah my wife's German little ones half but have heard that before the tree decorating part !

[vidcc]

[hobbes]

yeah yeah more blah blah. it doesn't say who had santa forcefully ejected, does it. this thread started with a misleading title based on the article's "maybe"s "perhaps"es and "i suspect"s because the dude who wrote it is just trying to drum up a phony controversy and sell his book based on the hypothesis that the grinches are out to destroy christmas. the only phone call mentioned in that article is the one the writer made, demanding to know why santa wasn't on the coke cans. yes, even though you should always trust everything the media says, especially what foxnews says, 'cause they obviously can't say something if it isn't true... this is actually a case of some guys pointing a disapproving finger at private companies & going "how dare you not honor my holiday specifically, by name?!?! christmas!! the holiday that lasts from november 1st to december 26th. what's up with this 'happy holidays' nonsense? there are other holidays? I AM A BIG FAT INSECURE CRYBABY, GIVE ME A PACIFIER." it's so disingenuous, too, like that southern cable guy comedian who decided he could make an ass-load of money by picking an audience and saying what he thinks it wants to hear. that guy isn't even from the south, and he's not really a cable installer.

Wow Brainiac,

These word bricks you compose would make great stocking stuffers for all the bad boys and girls, less messy than coal.

Did you perhaps post this from a padded cell? I would have loved to watch you compose this rant via webcam. Spittle going everywhere, fingers smashing keyboard and all.

[lynx]

Btw, peat moss, you're silly.

Bet you thought you'd got away with that one.

[3RA1N1AC]

Wow Brainiac,

remember how you used to respond to people's arguments by insisting that they were dishonest, compared with your own forthrightness as if your turds don't stink? and how i was never there to interrupt with a comment about your personality? have a very merry shut the fuck up, you honester-than-thou jerkoff.

i typed this response free of malice, madness, or keyboard-mashing.

[hobbes]

Wow Brainiac,

remember how you used to respond to people's arguments by insisting that they were dishonest, compared with your own forthrightness as if your turds don't stink? and how i was never there to interrupt with a comment about your personality? have a very merry shut the fuck up, you honester-than-thou jerkoff.

Thank you and you have a good one as well.

Geez, I was only playing.