Dr. Eowyn posted: " It's not even Thanksgiving, but the War on Christmas
2013 has already begun. According to a December 2012 Gallup
Poll, Christians are still the overwhelming majority of Americans, at 77%;
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<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> US Postal Service
Christmas ad omits
Christmas<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/11/23/us-postal-service-christmas-ad-omits-christmas/>
by
Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>
[image:
Nativity-Scene1]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/nativity-scene1.jpg>
*It's not even Thanksgiving, but the War on Christmas 2013 has already
begun.*
According to a December 2012 Gallup
Poll<http://www.gallup.com/poll/159548/identify-christian.aspx>,
Christians
are still the overwhelming majority of Americans, at 77%; only 1.7% of
Americans identify their religious preference as Jewish; Kwanzaa isn't even
considered by Gallup as a religion. Gallup concluded that "The United
States remains a largely Christian nation; more than nine in 10 Americans
who have a religious identity are affiliated with a Christian religion."
And yet a U.S. Postal
Service<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-postal-service/>
advertisement
to sell “holiday stamps” omits a Christmas or Christian-themed message, yet
includes portrayals of the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah, and the wholly made-up
"African-American" holiday, Kwanzaa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa>.
[image: Maulana
Karenga]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/maulana-karenga.jpg>*Ronald
Everett, aka Maulana Karenga*
In 1966, a black American named Ronald Everett, who later changed his name
to Maulana Karenga <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_Karenga>, concocted
Kwanzaa. Everett/Karenga founded a black power organization called US
(meaning "Us black people") which was committed to armed struggle and the
establishment of a separate political structure for African-Americans. In
1971, Karenga was sentenced to one to ten years in prison on counts of
felonious assault and false imprisonment. Despite all that,
Everett/Karenga, now 72, is the Chair of the Africana Studies Department
at California State University, Long Beach.
The USPS Christmas ad contains the text: “Don’t forget your holiday stamps.
You’ll find them at your nearest post office or on eBay.” Below the text
are pictures of three stamps:
- A candle holder with nine lighted candles, emblazoned with the word
“Hanukkah.”
- A gingerbread house.
- A colorful symbol over an open book, above the block-type word
“Kwanzaa.”
[image:
usps-holiday-mailer]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/usps-holiday-mailer.jpg>*Image
source: Twitter/@RennaW*
Reactions to the ad were swift and strident. A sample on Twitter:
- RennaW tweeted: “Don’t forget those three
American holidays: Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and … gingerbread house”; "What
happened to Christmas?"; “Oh yeah, because Christians celebrate the Holy
Day of Gingerbread House, seriously? This is awful”; and “I’d like to take
this opportunity to wish you and yours a very merry Gingerbread House.”
- Chris Barnhart tweeted: "Shhhhhhh! We can't say the "C" word."
- BossyMother tweeted: "oh yeah, because Christians celebrate the Holy
Day of Gingerbread House, seriously? this is awful."
A postal office worker jumped into the
Twitter<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/twitter/> fray
to explain: “The holiday stamp collection varies each year. We do have the
Holy Family, Virgin & Child, Santa & Poinsettia stamps.”
Indeed, the USPS still
offers<https://store.usps.com/store/browse/subcategory.jsp?categoryId=subcatS_S_HolidayStamps&categoryNavIds=catBuyStamps%3AsubcatS_S_HolidayStamps&WT.mc_id=2013holiday_holidaystamps>
Christmas-themed
stamps with religious themes. Make sure you ask for those stamps at your
local gingerbread post office.
Source: The
Blaze<http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/21/notice-anything-odd-about-this-u-s-postal-service-ad-for-holiday-stamps/>
*~Eowyn*
*Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | November
23, 2013 at 4:36 am | Tags: black
power<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=black-power>,
Gallup poll on U.S. religious
preferences<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=gallup-poll-on-u-s-religious-preferences>,
Hanukkah <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=hanukkah>,
Kwanzaa<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=kwanzaa>,
Maulana Karenga <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=maulana-karenga>,
multiculturalism
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=multiculturalism>, percentage
of Christians in
America<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=percentage-of-christians-in-america>,
US organization <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=us-organization> |
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