The War on Christmas is Over. Christmas Lost.

[NeoGreen]

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/11/29/the-war-on-christmas-is-over-christmas-lost/

The War on Christmas is Over. Christmas Lost.
By Hemant Mehta, November 29, 2018

This won’t surprise you: Only Republicans care about the fictional “War on Christmas.”

This might surprise you: Even Republicans don’t really care about the “War on Christmas.”

How do you even measure that? A new poll from Morning Consult finds that, while 56% of Republicans say they would be more likely to shop at stores that explicitly say “Merry Christmas,” 36% said it wouldn’t change their habits at all. Meanwhile, if a store said “Happy Holidays,” 48% of Republicans said it wouldn’t make any difference.

But overall, more Americans than not said it wouldn’t make a bit of difference if a store used the phrase “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays.” They’re going to shop wherever they feel like it.

[MineralMan]

1. Nobody cares. It was never a real thing.

It all came from Fox News and their War on America.

[NeoGreen]

2. Bene, nullus est qui recogitet corde (nt)

[MineralMan]

3. Hoc certissime verum est.

I can gist Latin out, but usually pass it through Google Translate. I never studied that language. From my knowledge of French and Spanish, I usually get pretty close, but I always like to check. In any case, I certainly don't take the War on Christmas to heart.

[NeoGreen]

4. To be honest...

...it's not necessarily for your benefit.

There are lurkers.
Lurkers everywhere and everywhen.
I post in Latin for them.

It's my subtle form of twisting a knife.

[MineralMan]

5. Latin Language Lurkers?

How odd. I'm envisioning a bunch of Priests poring through DU threads. It's a funny image.

Throughout my life, I've read a lot of 19th century books, mostly non-fiction. More often than I care for, many of them are sprinkled with aphorisms in Latin. Their authors were educated in a time when learning Latin was a requirement. In self defense, I bought a Latin to English dictionary and a basic book about Latin grammar. I started deciphering those Latin passages by using those two references, along with my knowledge of Spanish and French. Over time, I needed to consult the dictionary and grammar books less often.

All of that has served me pretty well, I think. I can read and understand newspaper language in all of the Romance languages now, although I can't speak in any other than Spanish and English. So, I do understand the utility of learning Latin.

[Mariana]

6. Not true. Right wing Christians care a great deal.

I'm related to a few of them. When Christmas is weeks away, some Christians get really nasty toward any poor sod of a store clerk who doesn't Merry Christmas to them. They do make a point to pick on employees who are on the clock, and who therefore can't tell them to fuck off without losing their jobs. I've never seen them harass anyone else.

[MineralMan]

7. Maybe I should have said nobody I care damn about.

If someone does that to a clerk in my presence, I'll give them what-for. So far, though I haven't encountered any such assholes.

[The Genealogist]

8. What they care about having power over people

I doubt even most of the RW Christians really give a damn. What they care about is profuse public acknowledgement and reinforcement of their self-righteous conception of themselves as superior beings.

[Major Nikon]

10. Definitely sounds like the Faux news fan club

[Pope George Ringo II]

9. If xmas lost, what happened to Thanksgiving?

There's a holiday which lost.