Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Bigotry? (Re: The Ongoing Inquisition) Message-ID: Date: 26 May 91 06:27:45 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) writes: + +Indeed, the abbreviation 'X-mas' has always bothered me. This past year +I was also disturbed to find that almost everyone I knew was referring +to "ThanksGiving" as "Turkey Day". This suggested to me that the day is I personally object to the 'lengthing' of the X-mas buying period. It has nothing to do with a religious feeling but more to do with what I preceive as an incessant materialism. How does not stop these things? My personal choice is to avoid shopping at stores which have X-mas displays up be for Halloween. It is the 'rule' at our house to not discuss X-mas gift lists until after Turkey-day. There has been some consideration as to just going to China for December, but we're not rich enough. Vote No with your pocketbook. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu