Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Well, but He IS the reason for the season....

I haven't commented on all the arguing about saying Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays, but I could not resist this one. Click on the title for the link.


RALEIGH, N.C. -- Everyone celebrates religion and holidays in their own individual ways, but currently there are questions about whether the two should be more connected. One of the latest places involved in the controversy is a McDonald's restaurant in Raleigh.The sign at McDonald's on the corner of Falls of Neuse and Spring Forest Road reads: "Merry Christmas, Jesus is the Reason for the Season." It is a holiday message that Amanda Alpert thinks comes on a little too strongly.

"It offends me because it specifically talks about Jesus, Merry Christmas. It doesn't give credit to anyone else," Alpert said. Alpert called the McDonald's corporate office in Atlanta and requested that the sign be changed to the politically correct Happy Holidays. The response was the owner has the right to do what she wants with the sign.

"I care because I'm Jewish, and the reason for the season is upsetting to me," Alpert said.


You have to wonder who else she wants to give credit to....

---Katie

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is a Christmas sermon in this one!
Peace in the Lord Jesus Christ!
Rob Buechler

Chanticleer said...

"It offends me because it specifically talks about Jesus, Merry Christmas. It doesn't give credit to anyone else," Alpert said.

Too funny!

Who else, indeed?

Katie Kilcrease said...

You have to wonder sometimes if these people ever actually listen to themselves!