Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays Announcement to Pax

[acaTerry]

Since Dec. 25th is an arbitrary date picked by the Pope 300 years after Jesus died to usurp an already existing pagan holiday, I'll honor those original pagans who started it all by wishing everyone a very happy Saturnalia. I'm sure nobody will be offended.

Jesus existed, saturn did not. Put that in your pagan pipe and smoke it.

 

[usairbus01]

Merpy Chrwanzakkah to you all.

 

[acaTerry]

Merpy Chrwanzakkah to you all.

Sounds like you've already had a few at the party

 

[pookie]

When someone wishes me a "Merry X-Mas," I respond by telling that i am not a christian but i wish them a "nice day."

To expect that everyone is christian and that they celebrate x-mas is plainly ignorant.

-peace

 

[homerjdispatch]

Jesus existed, saturn did not. Put that in your pagan pipe and smoke it.

Ummm....Satan tempted Christ, so Satan must exsist.


(sorry to hijack the thread)

 

[landlover]

Ummm....Satan tempted Christ, so Satan must exsist.


(sorry to hijack the thread)

im pretty sure they are talking about a greekgod, which a planet in our solar system is named after. not satan

festivus for the rest of us

 

[NYCPilot]

I plan on taking an entirely different tack:

After hitting a nice pocket of turbulence, I'm going to announce that there will be no Christmas this year because we just hit and killed Santa. Boo hoo.

If you know they'll be a lot of young children on board, maybe you could announce that there really isn't a santa clause. Make sure to announce it twice and clarify in case any of the kids missed it.

 

[Turtlesfly]

We always say, "Happy New Year" despite the fact that the Chinese don't celebrate our new year - but I don't see anybody complaining that they might offend a Chinese person on board.

And we sometimes say "Happy Valentine's Day" despite the fact that there are single people on board who aren't doing anything that day, but nobody complains about that.

And we say "Happy Father's Day" despite the fact that not everybody is a father.

And we always say, "Hope you enjoy the flight" even though some won't.

Get the point?

It is the chosen day to recognize the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord and only Savior, which this country's foundation has always recognized without apologies until recently.

I'm with Longhorn . . .

 

[Corbon]

Merry Christmas! Offended? Oh well. Like it or not, this country was founded on Christian principles and is the dominant religion here. See those three little words on the back of each bill in your wallet? It doesn't say "In Buddha- Satan- Allah- NoOne- Richard Gere-A Tree-etc. We Trust.
The PC continue the destruction of America.

 

[Victor Meldrew]

For all those on a PC high (oh speakers up too!)

http://www.bobrivers.com/asx/TT_473_4.asx

 

[MickeySlapnutz]

When someone wishes me a "Merry X-Mas," I respond by telling that i am not a christian but i wish them a "nice day."

To expect that everyone is christian and that they celebrate x-mas is plainly ignorant.

-peace

I love the "peace" part at the end. To expect that everyone wants peace is plainly ignorant. I demand a retraction Pookie. How dare you push your morality on other people.


If I wish you or anyone a merry christmas, I'm not makeing a religious statement on your behalf...I'm makeing it to reaffirm my faith on my behalf in Jesus' honor.

 

[Dave Benjamin]

If I wish you or anyone a merry christmas, I'm not makeing a religious statement on your behalf...I'm makeing it to reaffirm my faith on my behalf in Jesus' honor.

What do you do the rest of the year to reaffirm your faith?

 

[capt. megadeth]

PC means being fukin stupid. If someone gets offended because you say something nice (ie. Merry Christmas), they can kiss my fukin a$$. As for my passengers, they don't give a $hit because they are boxes and reading a thread like this adds another reason to my list of "why cargo is the way to go".

Happy Holidays is always appropriate.

Does being "PC" mean it's bad to have respect for people of other faiths? Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindu's and others are on our planes. Happy Holidays covers it all.

 

[Dave Benjamin]

Are passenger announcements for your benefit or theirs? Outside of work I'll say Merry Xmas indiscriminately. At work it's Happy Holidays. It offends noone and expresses good sentiments towards the people that make my career possible.

 

[Traumahawk]

Merry Christmas all the way. Screw the liberal political correctness freaks.

Stroke their political egos with baseless stereotypical remarks...that'll make em forget you're a PFT Troll.

Go back to your hole troll.

OH....Merry friggin' Christmas, ya filthy animal.

 

[Rabble]

Christmas ... or X-Mas?

I'll start by saying i'm not a Christian.

I don't believe in Jesus Christ.

Now, that being said, my family and I do celebrate Christmas -- not the birth of Christ, but the holiday (removed from its religious idiology) -- maybe more of "X-Mas"

After all, "Santa Clause" has nothing to do with Jesus. Nor does Frosty the Snowman, or Rudolph the Reindeer.

A Christmas Tree or Christmas lights do not necessarily have anything to do with Jesus (at least not that I know of).

And I love it! I love the decorations, the lights, and even some of the music! We put up a tree, we light our house, and when someone says "Merry Christmas" to me, I reply in-kind.

Doesn't mean anything to me, other than a synonym for "Happy Holidays".

<shrug> I think you folks take this stuff too seriously.

When I was with the airlines i'd say, "We wish you Happy Holidays and a Prosperous New Year". -- I dont know if it was right or wrong. IF the company wanted me to say something special they would've issued a script.

Anyhow folks, with or without Jesus it's a wonderful time of year. I hope you ALL have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hannukah, and a Happy New Year.

Regards,
Rabble

 

[capt. megadeth]

Are passenger announcements for your benefit or theirs? Outside of work I'll say Merry Xmas indiscriminately. At work it's Happy Holidays. It offends noone and expresses good sentiments towards the people that make my career possible.

Oh boy......

You mean the people who's vacations and trips you subsidize?

Like I said, if someone get's offended by Merry Christmas, they need help.

Why is it that people get "offended" by everything these days. I thought this was a country with FREEDOM OF SPEECH!?!?!?!? If you don't like what I say to you, think "biatch" and move on. Geez.

 

[scangadah]

On December 25th, it's Merry (frigging) Christmas. If they don't like it, we can pull the bags and give them directions to the Geryhound station.

Only one time in 7 years did a pax complain about ANY announcement that I have given. I told her that if that was the only thing she had to worry about then she must be having a good day. Freakin smelly dreadlock sporting hippy cow.

 

[Icelandair]

the watered down, liberal PC garbage "happy holidays" or "season's greetings" actually OFFENDS me. I wouldn't expect to hear Merry Christmas if i was in India. Or Baghdad. But in the United States we are a Christian nation and I expect to be wished Merry Christmas and for stores to sell Christmas trees, not holiday trees. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. But the ass backwards liberals have made it through multiculturlism, "when in Rome, make the Romans do it the way you do." But since I'm a white, Christian, heterosexual male, I'm immune from being offended, right?

 

[CA1900]

But in the United States we are a Christian nation...

http://www.nobeliefs.com/Tripoli.htm