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Sounds like a purely american problem.
Here in Norway schools force their pupils to attend church right before christmas , even though almost noone celebrates christmas as christians (we call it "jul").
Every year there's a fucking debate about how nice it is of the state to force young kids to go to church. All because of tradition 🤷
Isnt Jól Wotanic? I remember something about lighting a giant log in a bonfire and every spark is a promise from Thor of a new lamb.
I could be talking out my ass, informed by comic books.
Around here it was the Vikings that celebrate "julablot" around the 12th of January. What they celebrated is not known, but it involved alcohol and sacrifice.
We've kept the name, the alcohol and much of the heathen symbols. Christianity is a small part of it after it was forced upon the Vikings under the threat of violence and death.
I don't know, even as an American, I see more people complaining about this problem than people who actually act like this. It seems especially worse this year for some reason.
aren't there presidential campaigns next year in the us? this "war on christmas"(dog whistle for war on christian conservatives) concept has become a rallying banner every christmas since at least 2014 for conservatives. every year is the same. they even complained about cups going from red to green in some fast food company because they thought it was a "war on christmas".
next year elections so they are ramping up their rethoric to rally their voter fanatic christian voter base.
I'd advise that you do what we Americans do when we encounter those types of individuals.
We say "that person is a weirdo. let's leave." and leave. very easy!
If you aren't spending time around people that complain about it, that makes sense. My mom is normally pretty quiet while my dad yells about whatever political issue, but this is one topic she gets vocally upset about as we're celebrating Christmas together literally every year. It's wild
My conservative relatives have taken up the battle against calling it "X-mas." I have explained ad nauseam that the X is for the Greek letter "chi" which is the first letter in Χριστός (Chrīstós) and it is not "Xing out Jesus from his own birthday." But here we are.
My mom complains about it and she's a professed Wiccan, but she watches Faux News all day...
That's a new variant. My dad's a rocket scientist who's managed satellite projects in pursuit of better climate data. Yet he's a FOX News indoctrinate, a MAGA true believer, and now a climate crisis denialist.
Even those who should know better are susceptible to propaganda.
Manufacturing outrage is extremist Christians’ favourite pastime. See also: witch burnings, the Crusades, and the Inquisition.
They’re desperate for someone to hate and blame.
I think it's a purely online problem at this point. The reaction to the reaction is always bigger.