I Think It is Christmas?

I was at the post office this morning and while there made my usual observations of the people, places and things around me as I waited in line with the other customers who had Christmas mailings to tend to. You can relax. I am not going to write again about the uncouth and disgusting cell phone abusers I had to endure. I will save that speech for later (An early Christmas present) What I did notice and reflect about was the poster on the counter that listed the "holiday stamps" that a customer can buy this Christmas season. There were two Christmas themed stamps, one Eid stamp, one Hanukkah stamp and a Kwanza stamp. My thought was why more of the other holiday stamps (3 to 2) when 95% of the people in the U.S. celebrate Christmas in December? It seems a little unfair to place holidays only a few worship on the same plane as the one 95% of us recognize. Would the Chinese government mandate Christmas be treated equally with the Chinese New Year? I think not.
But the U.S. government (the post office is a bureau in it) isn't the only agency or person to be politically correct. I see the fear of promoting Christmas because "it offends other religions or beliefs" in the private sector too. It doesn't bother me to use taxpayer money to promote holiday events that only a few U.S. citizens recognize, because all holidays are positive expressions of peace and love. But we are now entering the period where all holidays are being treated equally, as if because one child did not like milk with his school lunch and drinks tea we would serve all the children tea one day a week.
When a government tries to force on the majority what it doesn't want or attempts to treat unequal as equal, some strange things happen. A good example of that is what occurred in Seattle the other day. It created a Grinch instead of a joyous message of love. My vote for the most selfish Christmas Grinch goes to the Seattle, Washington airport which has removed all nine of the Christmas trees on display at the airport rather than adding a giant Jewish Hanukkah menorah that a local rabbi had requested. Making matters worse was that airport workers quickly boxed up the trees in the wee hours of the morning so few travelers using the airport would see they were doing a Grinch-like removal of holiday cheeriness at the airport.
"We decided to take the trees down because we didn't want to be exclusive," said the airport spokesperson, Terr-Ann Betancouurt. "We're trying to be thoughtful and respectful." Thoughtful? Respectful? Ha! In trying to please religions not even involved with Christmas, the Seattle airport has slapped the majority of citizens in the city who do believe in Christmas.
Even the rabbi, Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky who asked for the menorah thinks it was an act of Christmas insensitivity to take down the holiday decorations at the airport. The Rabbi had threatened to sue if the airport didn't recognize the Jewish holiday (which runs almost concurrently with Christmas) but not to force removal of the trees. "Everyone should have their spirit of the holiday. For many people the trees are the spirit of the holidays, and adding a menorah adds light to the season," said the rabbi. "They've darkened the hall instead of turning the lights up, " he added.
As for the airport, it feebly complained that it if it added a Jewish menorah it would have to add symbols for every religion in the world, since the Seattle airport hosts travelers from all around the globe. Yet, only Hanukkah and Christmas are held at the same time of the year. No other religious symbols would even be appropriate during Christmas. But Alas! The airport has folded under criticism of it's Grnich-like tree removal policy and the latest news is that the trees are being put back in their former spots the terminal.
Well...I guess it could have been worse...those idiots at the Seattle airport could have banned Santa's sleigh from landing this Christmas. I better not type that again or they may realize they haven't done that yet.
Oh...and before I get in trouble with my government Happy Eid, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Kwanza....