The War on Christmas
Yeah, yeah, nothing on this site for months, and
then this? Well, I been busy, I been sick, my hot water heater died and I was
without water for nearly two weeks and my car threw a rod on the Ohio Turnpike
coming home from Thanksgiving. So I got
excuses.
But this is just a little too
good to be wasted on somebody else's blog comments, so here it
is.
"Happy Holidays,
sir."
"Hmph! On second thought, I'm not going
to buy anything at this store."
"Oh. Can I
ask why, sir?"
"You wished me 'Happy
Holidays' instead of 'Merry Christmas'. It's 'Merry Christmas',
dammit!"
"I'm terribly, terribly sorry, sir.
I only said that because I thought you were a
Muslim."
"*splutter* What? What? Of all the
outrageous--what on earth made you think
that?"
"I'm sorry. It was your air of anger
and intolerance. You seemed to be glaring at the
decorations--"
"What?
What? How
DARE
you--"
"--and in those cases, we feel it's
prudent not to further exacerbate the situation by saying 'Merry Christmas.' I'm
terribly sorry I mistook you for a Muslim fanatic, sir. It was a terrible error
in judgment.'
"You thought I was
a--a--"
"Most Christians, we've found, are
warm and friendly around Christmas. 'Peace on Earth, good will towards men' and
all that. So someone who seemed to be bristling with hostility, I jumped to the
conclusion that you weren't a Christian. I sincerely
apologize."
"I've never been so insulted in
all my life! I'll boycott you!
I'll--"
"Sir?'
"WHAT?"
"Merry
Christmas, sir."
Posted: Sunday - December 04, 2005 at 09:07 PM