The war (on Christmas) was over before it started

We were in Target today — one of several stores, in fact — looking for holiday cards that we could send to friends who do not celebrate Christmas.

We like to make sure every year that we respect our friends' beliefs — and mine, as well (I am what I would call a non-practicing, agnostic Jewish existentialist). In getting ready to send out cards, we realized that we'd run out of the nondenominational sort, which is why we were on the hunt.

Long story short: Finding a box of cards that doesn't directly mention Christmas or Christ or doesn't use Christmas imagery is almost as difficult as finding the humor in a David Spade bit.

I raise this as a short rejoinder to the “War on Christmas” folks, that paranoid army led by Bill O'Reilly who see every “Happy holdays” or “Seasns greetings” as an assault on tradition. Get over it. Try walking iin my Jewish shoes for a while.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet