Tell Me Again how I am destroying Christmas?

[Ioo]

Really, it is me and others on the left that are taking the Christ out of Christmas? It is not the consumerism that is doing it! It is me?

Well if this is Christmas, I will pass

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?em

A Wal-Mart employee in suburban New York died after being trampled by a crush of shoppers who tore down the front doors and thronged into the store early Friday morning, turning the annual rite of post-Thanksgiving bargain hunting into a frenzy.

The 34-year-old employee, who was not identified, was knocked down by a crowd that broke down the doors of the Wal-Mart at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y., and surged into the store. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital at 6 a.m.

The police said that three other shoppers were injured and a 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to the hospital for observation.

One shopper, Kimberly Cribbs, said she was standing near the back of the crowd at around 5 a.m. on Friday when people started pulling the doors from their hinges and rushing into the store. She said several people were knocked to the ground, and parents had to grab their children by the hands to keep them from being caught in the crush.“

[Berry Cool]

1. Don't worry, that's not Christmas

It's just greed.

[msongs]

5. the religion would wither away without the annual greed fest. love the pagan symbols tho nt

[hendo]

11. the religion would wither away without the greed fest?

really? then why do a lot of Christian churches criticize the commercialization of Christmas?

[LiberalEsto]

13. In other words, Greedmas, nt

[ColbertWatcher]

14. I'm sorry but, it did happen and it is Christmas. n/t

[Maestro]

2. What in the world could have been possibly been so important?

I actually had to get out in the crowds today at a local Best Buy and a Target and, except for one person, the crowds here in the Austin area were fine. I feel so sorry for this man's family. I hope Wal*Mart steps up and takes care of this man's family. He was killed as a direct result of carrying out his duties at the store. And I hope the local DA prosecutes the idiots who trampled him!

Definitely not Christmas in the slightest.

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. No one in the crowd will be prosecuted -

The people up front weren't trying to trample him, and the people behind doing the pushing couldn't see that someone was being trampled.

[Maestro]

18. You have a good point. -nt

[ColbertWatcher]

15. "Definitely not Christmas in the slightest." Sorry, I disagree.

This may not be what you remember Christmas used to be, but it is what Christmas is now.

[Maestro]

17. I can't disagree with that statement. It is sad for sure.

I remember getting presents, yes, but it was always about family as well. I am trying to do that with my family as best I can.

[depakid]

20. Maybe in America.. but not in the rest of the world

Sure there's some consumerism in other western nations, but not nearly to the magnitude one sees in the states.

[CrispyQ]

3. You are destroying Christmas by telling the shopper,

who just spent $150 on stuff from China, "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas."

;)

[Crunchy Frog]

4. You're not properly honoring Christ

unless you participate in trampling someone to death, at least once this season.

[Ioo]

16. Well I should get going the day is almost over

[ismnotwasm]

6. I give books

To anyone over the age of 12. Under the age of 12 as well, but they might get something extra.

No particular shopping, no stress. Nice well thought out books that have a particular person's interests in mind.

I stopped that kind of "Christmas" shit years ago, but I do like celebrations and pretty decorations (no dying trees that are fire hazards and messy as hell afterwords thank you) and gift giving, without dogma, ritual and madness.

So I like parts of Christmas.

[wryter2000]

7. Clearly, you're destroying Christmas

You're sitting at your computer when you ought to be out knocking over pregnant women and stomping minimum wage employees to death.

[leftofthedial]

8. by being on DU

godless commie

[valerief]

10. By using "Christmas" in a sentence without being prefaced by "War On." nt

[hendo]

12. Thats not Christmas

consumerism is killing Christmas.

[ACTION BASTARD]

19. He gave his life so that others can get 20% off a microwave.

Glory to the American Empire!

[alarimer]

21. I hate Christmas. I can't wait for it to die.

I am an atheist so it is meaningless to me. I cannot stand being around my family either, so I don't want to go for that reason either.

[CrispyQ]

22. Yesterday I told my husband,

"Every year, come the day after Thanksgiving, I just want it to be New Year's. If I could skip this whole next month of insanity, I would be happy."

[MineralMan]

23. I'm an athiest, too, but I still do Christmas

and it's a family thing. My family is partly believers and partly non-believers. Usually, Christmas is the only occasion when everyone shows up in one place, so if I want to see my grand-nieces and nephews, my brother and sister, and my nieces and nephews, that's where it's done.

The adults no longer exchange gifts, but there are 10 little ones, who get tons of stuff. We all get together, share old stories, eat lots of food, then spread out back across the country again a couple of days later.

My parents are both 84, and are the center of the gathering, as they have always been.

So, by whatever name, that December occasion is very important to all of us. We put aside all political nonsense and just gather together. Who knows how long we'll be doing that? When my parents are gone, it's unlikely that the gathering will continue, but, for now, it's very important.

I guess that, if your family doesn't get along, it's another story.

[L0oniX]

24. I only wish I could destroy xmas. I hate it.

:evilfrown:

[hlthe2b]

25. Holiday is now, CONSUMERIST Day, the start of GREEDMAS

Christmas with its "good deeds towards others" and selflessness is just so passe'......:sarcasm: