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Entry: The Catholic League for Neoconservative Politics Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_catholic_league_for_neoconservative_politics#12039 Post contents: @Tom So who are the 4% that don't? I agree that since the Christmas season has become a national holiday most American's enjoy the time off and the gifting and regifting and the gluttony, I expect most biannual Christians ( Yule and Oestra ) even make a couple of hours available to go and contemplate the infinite mercies and the Beatitudes. Actually Tom they are there for the winter solstice. The early and wily Christians appropriated that holiday from the pagans. WInter solstice is the day when the days start to grow longer, when the Gods were reborn ( or born depends on which pagan one was). @Mr Nucci I live in a secular world. I try to be polite and respectful of folks but I don't read minds and I don't know by appearance if one is a Catholic or a Jew or a Moslem or a Baptist, or an Odinist. I don't know if their religion is the predominate thing in their lives or if their family is or their political party is or their Church is or their bowling league is. So my choices appear to be: Wish Merry Christmas and exclude many, Wish Happy Holidays and offend some, not say a damn thing and offend all. "Greedy secularist couldn't be bothered to even wish me happy holidays but was willing to sell me some chinese import crap to put under my kwanza decorations." As for the profit motive in Christmas I think you might enjoy Mr Piatak's answer to me re the millions of shoppers coming out to celebrate Yule. As they say down south "Happy Yule yeh awl" Sent at: 2008 07 25