Merry Christmas!  There, I've said it.  I can almost hear the collective groan from politically correct atheists and liberal Christians about my insensitivity to others during this "holiday" season.  Well, it's time these people got over it and I think it's time that Christians start fighting back. Here are some suggestions on how to do this.

First, the next time someone says "Happy Holiday", I suggest you ask which "Holy Day" they are referring to, as that is where the word actually comes from.  Don't stop asking this question until they are forced to admit that the Holy Day in question is Christmas.  Second, it's time for us to start boycotting stores that want to dilute our celebration.  You can be sure that the threat of severely reduced revenues will cause many stores to renew their "Christmas" spirit.  Third, to be absolutely consistent, if stores want to remove all Christian references, tell them to remove Santa Claus, named after Saint Nicholas. That task alone could take days!

In fact, I have an even more radical idea.  Christmas was chosen as the feast day to celebrate "Christ's Mass".  It is more than likely not the day that Christ was born.  Let's get the Catholic church, who established the date, to change the date.  We could pick a date in February, as an example.  All Christians can then focus on the real meaning of Christ's birth and Dec. 25th could be renamed Merry Secular Shopping Day.  Then everyone will be happy!

If I lived in a Muslim country, I would never dream of asking or forcing the Muslims to not celebrate Ramadan.  If I lived in Israel, I wouldn't imagine eliminating Hannakuh.  It's time for people to recognize diversity, not by being intolerant of the Christian majority, but by allowing us to celebrate our faiths.  If people want to decorate their windows with lights to celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights or put a Hanukkah Menorah in the window, all the more power to them.  All Christians want to do is to celebrate the way we have been doing for centuries without worrying about political correctness.

So, again I say, "Merry Christmas to all".  I hope no one is too traumatized by my boldness!