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I just don’t get why they’re not ok with saying and wishing Merry Christmas but then are ok with mentioning Hanukkah, Eid Mubarak, Diwali, Chinese New Year, etc... This Nonsense must stop.

I’m not a card-carrying worshipper, yet even I agree with you.
 
Well, it’s Hanukkah NOW (I’m particularly looking at you, Naraxussy: it is Hanukkah). It’s not Christmas for another two and a half weeks. You want people to ignore Hanukkah on Hanukkah and wish everyone Merry Christmas? In poker that’s called a tell.

Nope. I want people to respect Hanukkah, by saying happy Hanukkah. While some are trying to play poker, you are trying to play war. Respect the card games......
 
An argument could be made that every individual holiday is a complete farce if you really think about it, easter comes to mind first.

Kwanzaa is just as real as other holidays, it is just newer.

Something interesting I read about Kwanzaa is that in the US there is more white people that celebrate it than black people, and IIRC it is basically unheard of outside of the US, including Africa.
No Kwanza is a made up bunch of bs made up in the 1960's by some Black Power thug:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa

That's the reason it's unheard of outside of the US.
 
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Tim must think he'll break out in a rash and get sent to the corner if he says the word Christmas,
or maybe he just thinks the stock price will drop more.
 
Tim must think he'll break out in a rash and get sent to the corner if he says the word Christmas,
or maybe he just thinks the stock price will drop more.

Or maybe he's including Hanukkah? New Year's? Thanksgiving? Kwanzaa? There are lots of holidays during the holidays.
 
Or maybe he's including Hanukkah? New Year's? Thanksgiving? Kwanzaa? There are lots of holidays during the holidays.
You specifically left out Festivus. I am now aggrieved.
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When does the airing of grievances start?
It's every minute of every day in PRSI. I'm shocked, shocked, to learn you didn't know this.
 
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It's Christmas Timmy. You can't even say it can you? It's not Kawanza (that's a complete farce), it's not Hanukkah. It's CHRISTMAS. It's the reason FOR the season.

Some places and cultures that’s true, now get over yourself, Apple is a global company.

Why do either of you care? It's not like saying saying happy holidays made Christmas less relevant and it's not like saying Christmas makes it sound like they are only capable of celebrating Christmas.
 
In response, I challenge you to meet me in the Feats of Strength.
I accept your challenge.

A word of caution: I have been known to make use of the Festivus Pole in retaining my honor. And since I'm a traditionalist, it's a solid bar of pig iron, polished to a lustrous sheen, not one of those new-fangled aluminum travesties.
 
No Kwanza is a made up bunch of bs made up in the 1960's by some Black Power thug:
This statement is not really different than what I posted, and I am not defending Kwanza, I am just pointing out that all holidays are made up.

Also, this could be said about any holiday, just fill in the blanks:

No, "some random holiday" is a made up bunch of bs made up in the "what ever date" by some "who ever".
 
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Sigh, I remember when Tandem Computers used to have weekly beer bashes and groups like Tower of Power at our annual Christmas party. Seems like such a long time ago...
 
Festivus and Saturnalia.

The Festivus pole looks terrible now that it has all those dongles hanging off of it. Also, it's hard to grasp now that Ives made it out of the thinnest piece of extruded aluminium he could find.
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CHRISTmas. It's called Christmas.

Most of the world ISN'T 'christian', you know just like most Americans that call themselves 'christians'.
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It's Christmas Timmy. You can't even say it can you? It's not Kawanza (that's a complete farce), it's not Hanukkah. It's CHRISTMAS. It's the reason FOR the season.

Considering Hanukkah existed before the christian religion, that's demonstrably incorrect.
 
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It's Christmas Timmy. You can't even say it can you? It's not Kawanza (that's a complete farce), it's not Hanukkah. It's CHRISTMAS. It's the reason FOR the season.
Axial tilt is the reason for the season. Light from the sun hits the northern hemisphere at a lower angle, delivering less energy to be converted into heat, and also causing the days to be shorter.

Oh boy and here is was wondering why this post was PSRI. “Holiday”, “Christmas” it’s all the same. Why do people make such a big deal about it? It’s getting to the point that saying Christmas is more PC now then saying Holiday.
This is the source of the outrage:

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He came up with the "War on Christmas" in the early '00s to keep Fox News' viewers angry and tuned-in.
 
Axial tilt is the reason for the season. Light from the sun hits the northern hemisphere at a lower angle, delivering less energy to be converted into heat, and also causing the days to be shorter.


This is the source of the outrage:

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He came up with the "War on Christmas" in the early '00s to keep Fox News' viewers angry and tuned-in.

'Bill, do you want to rehearse winter?'

"We'll do it live! F-IT! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!'
 
Honest question. Does apple and Tim Cook use the generic term “holidays” when they mention the Hanukkah or Ramadan celebration? Or it applies only to the forbidden “Christmas” word?
 
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