Oh my goodness, people, take a step back, take a look at this thread. It started out as basically saying, "Let's not be petty and negative about other people's religious traditions and holidays. Let's be tolerant instead." However, this thread seems to have developed into "Let's be petty and negative about other people's religious traditions and holidays. Let's be intolerant of just about everything."
IMO, EVERY positive thing in the world is just that ... a positive thing. There are SO many negative things on a daily basis, we ought to be grateful for ANY small kindness. I would MUCH rather have someone tell me "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Hannakah" rather than "F*#k you, lady!" or "Get the h*#l out of my way!" ... wouldn't you? I happen to be neither Jewish nor Christian. So what? It's the THOUGHT that counts, not the particulars. I'd MUCH rather look at a pretty, lighted tree or a star of David than graffitti and garbage. Wouldn't you?
Tolerance. Kindness. Let's try to see the big picture.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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