University of Mississippi Decides Christmas Implies Too Much Christianity
Another school is getting in the Christmas spirit by dissing the meaning of Christmas.
Eric Owens reports at the Daily Caller.
Ole Miss Rebrands Christmas Party Because ‘Christmas’ Implies ‘Too Much Christianity’
The University of Mississippi is the latest taxpayer-funded school to forbid the word “Christmas” over concerns that it may offend someone.
This year, school officials rechristened its yearly event called “A Grand Ole Christmas” as “Hotty Toddy Holiday,” reports Campus Reform.
The “fun-filled evening celebrating a Hotty Toddy Christmas” was last week. There was a “tree lighting” — but not a Christmas tree lighting.
The non-Christmas event also featured a visit by notable Christmas personage Santa Claus as well as hot chocolate, pizza and ice skating.
Acting chancellor Morris Stocks and a second administrator, Brandi Hephner LaBanc, made appearances.
“We really wanted to, uhh, kinda like, change the atmosphere from last year and that would explain the name change,” Student Activities Association spokesman Kayp Maye told The Daily Mississippian. “‘Grand Ole Christmas’ was just — it connoted too much Christianity on campus and so we wanted to have a more inclusive environment for the holidays this year.”
Maye said the plan was also to attract “a more mature audience” with a red, blue and silver color scheme.
Another method the organizers used to attract this more mature audience was an offer of pictures with Santa. And there was a woman dressed in sad, flimsy gingerbread man costume hawking “free hot chocolate” as she held a wrinkled sign along with her cellphone.
Ole Miss Rebrands Christmas Party Because ‘Christmas’ Implies ‘Too Much Christianity’ (The Daily Caller)
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Personally, I find it offensive when my university or another institution sends me an email saying “Seasons Greetings” or invites me to a “Holiday Party”. They’re trying to kill my religion’s holiday, obviously, and convey the impression that the word “Christmas” is so disgusting that they can’t stand it. No Christian would be offended if the university sent out an email wishing a “Happy Passover” or “Happy Diwali”. If I were in Israel or India, I wouldn’t mind the university announcing greetings on those holidays and not Christmas. I would understand that most employees are Jewish or Hindu, not Christian. Or, if a university wants to avoid religion altogether, it shouldn’t celebrate Christmas at all, even under a change of name.
“Or, if a university wants to avoid religion altogether, it shouldn’t celebrate Christmas at all, even under a change of name”
Maybe they aren’t.
Wait till summer break is cancelled because it celebrates global warming.
They have no problems wishing Muslims happy Ramadan or Eid ul Fitr. The legislature should start defunding them so they don’t have time for nonsense like this. It is seriously offensive that a nation founded by Christians who were fleeing persecution is becoming a nation that ignores its Christian history and persecuting Christians. Yes, for me, this is the beginning of persecution. It says that my peaceful religion does not deserve to have any of its holy days. (The two biggest are Christ’s Mass and Easter/Resurrection/Passover.) it also says Christianity is offensive.