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NEXT HE’S G0NNA CHANGE iT T0 DiDDYMAS…

Well 3rd…. and 4th…. What’s the point of this again?…

he just a silly clownass and most of the stuff that comes out of his mouth is meant for the garbage disposal.

What if I didn’t believe in you? Wouldn’t matter would it. Your birthday is your birthday. We can celebrate anyones birthday, but when it comes to Jesus’ birthday, people go dumb.

SMH.

I completely agree. I dont believe in Halloween but people say Happy Halloween to me every year. Why should we be ashamed of saying Merry Christmas, if the person doesnt say it back then that’s their prerogative. but I’M CELEBRATING Christmas, not a happy holiday

@ King

I agree, I never say Happy Holidays. Merry Christ-mas. I’m tired of being politically correct for sensitive homosexuals, Jews and atheists, if you don’t believe in him, what can I do? But don’t try to make me feel bad because of what I believe in. Everywhere you turn people clowning Christians and Christ, its just sad. I guess you can say I agree with Diddy in my own little way.

The reason for happy holidays is to include EVERYONE, whether they are christian, jewish, muslim or atheist.

I think it’s ridiculous that people celebrate the birth of jesus in december, when 1. he wasn’t born in decemeber. Not possible at all and 2. Christmas isn’t rooted in christianity at all. It’s not derived from and has nothing to do with the christian religion. It was hijacked from pagans, just like easter.

knowledge is a beautiful thing. Happy holidays everyone!

@ King

how about celebrating jesus’ birthday at the correct time.

Why does someone have to kowtow to you queen? You’re christian and believe in jesus, do you want a medal?

What is being PC to you exactly? How is including everyone that celebrates this time a year a bad thing?

And how is this christian bashing?

He is right!!! At my job all of a sudden the politically correct thing to do is say Happy Holidays. Trying to change what it has been for centuries; which is Merry Christmas, is just like trying to take In God We Trust off the dollar bill and change the words of the pledge in school. Whether you believe in Jesus or not, what is this new trend of removing God from everything really about? What next we’re going to change the calendars to say “holiday” instead of “Christmas” on December 25th???

Also like he said we give people of the Jewish faith their respect and say Happy Hanukkah so what is the difference?

Anyway, sorry for the long post but I just happened to had finished that very same discussion with a family member…

PS I bet when ya’ll were opening your favorite gifts as a child ya’ll weren’t saying I wish it was the holidays everyday… The statement as my nephew so eloquently put it went a little something like: I wish it could be Christmas everyday!!!

Enveme:

That’s funny, cause “In god we trust” and “under god” were added in my great grandparents lifetime. Is that centuries?

1st of all everyone is following the holiday not knowing the truth…… its true there is no def fact he was born in dec, we all want to include races etc when its any other subject so lets all include people that celebrate all different holidays, we have the right & thats why we’re in america, so i say happy holidays & you all can say what you want , free country , salaam Miss NEE Sister

Happy Holidays Diddy. Dont you have some more of your own rappers to kill then write songs about 2 weeks later?

Everyone knows that Diddy is a Christian so if he wants to say Merry Christmas that’s his business. If other people feel inclined to say Happy Holidays to include non-christians that’s fine too. Live and let live.

Thank you Susie zoljah!!!

If you want to say Merry Christmas that is all cool with me. I’m atheist and don’t have any issues with it. I’m not going to be an asshole and say “It’s happy holidays”. My problem is people that get a wild hare up their ass because a store or someone says happy holidays they will correct you and say “It’s MERRY CHRISTMAS, NOT happy holidays!!!”. You can’t get over yourself and what you believe for 5 seconds and just roll with it.

Maybe puff daddy should add that to the list of things he needs to let go of.

also do you know where the idea came from xmas tree’s? etc,,, from pagans that believed in other greek /roman gods, in the bible torah & koran it states not to cut trees down & put silver & gold on them,,,,,, are we pagans or are we believers,,,,, ? whatever its ur world say what u wanna say just dont get mad when we say happy holidays

Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia don’t have to compromise their holidays because they are predominately Muslim!

Besides isn’t it just better to be respectful to all and just say happy holidays than just addressing those who celebrate Christmas. Other holidays such as Diwali, Eid-ul-Adha (which doesn’t always fall in December, but has this year), Hannukah, etc. deserve just as much respect, no?

I personally wouldn’t throw a fit if I heard Merry Christmas instead of “Happy Holidays”, and I feel that Diddy and others that agree with him should do the same upon hearing “Happy Holidays”.

Best wishes to all and yours.

MissNee. Knowledge is a beautiful thing if you have it. Everyone already knows that Jesus was not born on December 25. The Church decided to celebrate his birthday on Dec 25 in order to rival a pegan holiday centered around winter solstace. Also, Christmas is absolutely rooted in Christianity. The act of giving presents is representative of the three Kings who presented gift offerings to baby Jesus. The fable of Santa Claus was born from an actual Saint of a Christian Church centuries ago in Europe who went around randomly giving presents and gifts to children. Get you mind right… Merry Christmas to you!!!!

Well Jesus is the reason for the seasonn big ups to you diddy keep Jesus 1st in everything you do he will Never fail you, Never leave you, Never forsake you, Never mislead you, And he will Never cancel your appointment in his book! It isn’t about Santa he is of the world God be in it not of it! And see how the words SATAN And
SANTA are alike WOW huh!

If you dig deepr JROC you will find that gift giving isn’t just customary for this christian holiday. It happenes in other cultures that are not directly effected by christianity.

i appreciate this conversation because to see many people so admantly against JESUS and Christmas only makes me cherish and love him and THEM more

just so u all know, if you don’t celebrate Christmas that doesn’t mean you don’t believe in Jesus, that’s just not how it works.

Also, saying “happy holidays” includes Christmas so how is that offensive? How about being a bit less selfish and wishing people from ALL religions happy holidays? now ON christmas day yeah i can see why you’d say “merry christmas” just like on new years you would say “happy new year” but as a whole it IS “happy holidays” because generally speaking, these ARE holidays.

There’s nothing wrong with including OTHERS by wishing them as well.

What is this knee grow talking about now… is he going to buy our families and children presents or pay my rent? Per your girl Whitney Houston… Hell to the No!

How is saying happy holidays getting away from the christmas spirit?

Those that keep making statements like that have yet to explain how this tramples all over how they choose to celebrate their holidays.

and as Susie zoljah correctly pointed out…christmas trees do not derive from christian customs, so why are you up in arms if a jewish person wants to have one in their house.

he hella dumb…..Happy Holidays is to cover Kwanzaa…hanukkah and everything else. you dont know what each person is celebrating. He hella dumb. and ugly. wtf is his redeeming quality because it damn sho aint his music

@ MissNee

I was going to leave my comment and move on but since you thought it was your place to correct my post, I did a little research to correct yours. So as you see below unless your grandmother was born in the 1800′s; in both cases, I was correct and actully understated the lenth of time.

Francis Bellamy (1855 – 1931), a Baptist minister, wrote the original Pledge in August 1892. He was a Christian Socialist. In his Pledge, he is expressing the ideas of his first cousin, Edward Bellamy, author of the American socialist utopian novels, Looking Backward (1888) and Equality (1897).

Fact Sheets: Currency & Coins

History of ‘In God We Trust’
The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was placed on United States coins largely because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War. Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase received many appeals from devout persons throughout the country, urging that the United States recognize the Deity on United States coins. From Treasury Department records, it appears that the first such appeal came in a letter dated November 13, 1861. It was written to Secretary Chase by Rev. M. R. Watkinson, Minister of the Gospel from Ridleyville, Pennsylvania.

As a result, Secretary Chase instructed James Pollock, Director of the Mint at Philadelphia, to prepare a motto, in a letter dated November 20, 1861:
Dear Sir: No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins.
You will cause a device to be prepared without unnecessary delay with a motto expressing in the fewest and tersest words possible this national recognition.

Wow, I think I gave Diddy more credit than due. I would have thought he would’ve read a book and learned more about the history of Christmas instead of segregating some of his non-Christian fans. Is it no longer acceptable for me to be Muslim, Buddisht or Jewish this time of year for Diddy?

Happy Holidays is a termed used to include all religious and non-religious celebrattions taking place during this time of year, New Years included.

This is not Jesus’ birthday. Jesus was born in the Spring. Christmas derives from pagan rituals which celebrates the arrival of the winter soltice. Please my people read up on these Anglo-European customs and traditions.

When I SINCERELY want to wish someone well, why would I wish a Buddisht, a Muslim or Jew a Merry Christmas? No matter what you believe, I am just happy someone wants to wish me well instead of trample me at the Wal-Mart.

What the hell happened to Diddy’s lighting??? Home videos on you tube look better and they don’t have the power of “Diddy”. You can’t expect people to take you seriously when they are making fun of your video.

Enveme:

Nowhere in the original pledge does it say once nation under god. One nation under god was not added until the 50′s and if you read everything on that wikipedia page you looked it up on, you would have seen that. BTW a Socialist christian would understand why we keep things like mentioning of religion out of government business and such.

Same thing goes for “In god we trust”. That was not a national motto until the 50′s as well. I understand a know how this all came about but it doesn’t support your claim that this as how it has been for centuries.

Maybe someone insisting that we put god into everything has been done for centuries but these two phrases were not inforced like they were until the 50′s. You’re acting like as soon as this country was founded god was thrown on everything and that’s not so….even according to your pasted info.

Regardless of when Jesus was actually born, Christians celebrate his birth on December 25th every year. The main “Holiday” we celebrate this time of year is Christmas, so why not say Merry Christmas? Nobody gets mad when Muslims fast or when Jews celebrate Chanukah. There seems to be an all out war against Christianity. And for all those “not everyone here is Christian” naysayers, they should have known that country USED to be founded on Christian principles and the Bible.

Like Mary Mary said

Nobody has a problem when my language is profane. But you’re offended and insulted when I say in Jesus’ name.

My grandmother wasn’t born in the 1800′s. She was born in 1950 my grandfather was born in the 30′s, but I wasn’t talking about my grandmother and grandfather, so…..

Strawberries:

American was not founded on christian principles and the bible. Hell America was never “found”. The bible was recjected as the word of god by the founders of this nation.

Fundamentalist Christians have been doing their damnest to convince the American public that the founding fathers intended to establish this country on “biblical principles,” but history simply does not support their view. The founders and others who were instrumental in the founding of our nation were in no sense Bible-believing Christians.

Christ was Jewish. Jews don’t celebrate Christmas because they do not believe Jesus is the son of God.

To be honest. I have never heard someone say oh, lets not say divali or ede.. nope they keep the names and the sentiments. It’s only christians that are put pressure on to dilute it’s meaning. I bet all of you still are happy to take the time off work and get the presents. Just leave us to celebrate the date we choose to celebrate the birth of Christ as we still fit. You don’t want to say it don’t say it but don’t expect us not to say it.

SO HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL.

PEACE OUT

If there was a Jesus, his biblical birth took place sometime in the spring anyway. Dec. 25th is a pagan ritual day, specifically created for the merchants. Think I’m lying, look it up.

@ Nicole

Christians have got to be the biggest group of people that just can’t accept the fact that not everyone is buying what they are selling. Not to say all are like that, because my mother is Catholic/Christian and understands that her religion is her choice.

How you personally choose to celebrate the holiday/christmas season is yours and yours alone. As is mine and the person next to me, so on and so forth….but America is a big old melting pot of people with different beliefs and such. So a store or someone saying happy holidays is including every person that happens to live in this country, not bashing jesus or christianity. Why are you so sensitive? I know you think that your god is the only true god, but can’t you step away from it for a moment and awknowledge others beliefs? No one is forcing you to stop celebrating christmas with jesus in your heart, so why so butthurt?

you could say the same about me(re: the sensitive comment). The only difference is that when somoeone wishes me merry christmas, I don’t correct them and go on about how it should be happy holidays, but leave it to a christian who can’t just live and let live to go out of their way to correct you on what greeting you should be saying.

Merry Christmas

Sean Combs

Nicole:

Christimas is the only holiday celebrated during this time of year, so you made no point.

is NOT*

Wow. I don’t like Puffy 1 bit. But he is right on this issue. Why should we Christians compromise our faith. All of a sudden we are expected to be ashamed of Christ.

@crazydayzee I couldn’t have said it any better.

Merry Christmas everyone

@ tina

I co-sign!

If they don’t believe in Christ, don’t do Christmas!

He is right its Merry Christmas…. Thanks for putting it out there right.

He is right its Merry Christmas…. Thanks for putting it out there right. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!!

THANK GOD… HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS

THANK GOD AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS

Nicole

I’ve already been over the Francis Bellamy stuff. One nation under god was not in the original pledge he wrote. I know when you see christian socialist after his name you automatically think he would put that in there, but not the case.

Americas founding fathers were not respected because the were hyprocrites, went against Gods word, and these are the same people who allowed slavery………..so who would dare respect their choices/values.

You know how many christians used god to ok their henious doings throughout history??? Should I respect them because they believe in god?? Are you saying my choices and values should not be respected because I don’t subscribe to sky faeries and such? What about the native americans, they don’t subscribe to christianity and they were here first, shouldn’t their beliefs be respected?

I’m not even going to dissect anything else in your statement because all you did was revise history (yet again) to support what you believe is true.

due to wat Jesus did, xmas shud be celebrated everyday den, at least more than once a year. dats one of the reasons y i dnt even like xmas!

@ shag

you are right his birthday isn’t Dec. 25th, since it can’t be traced to when the birth happpened, although he was not long a infant when he was reached by the wise men. he was no longer a infant but a child. We christains chose Dec. 25th as the day to celebrate.

Keep your condescending “i’ll pray for you” to yourself or use it on someone else that wants it.

happy holidays *rolling eyes*

Oakland:

Wrong, the church choose what day you celebrated it.

oh BTW Nicole, your bible justifies slavery. So the founding fathers and your good book should have a lot in common.

Nicole:

I know, facts don’t matter. Religion has no room for facts

Nicole – “I want you to try this: I would like for you to go to a Muslim person during Ramadan, which falls during the 9th month of the Islamic calendar.

When you go to that that person I want you to say “Merry Christmas” and then see what happens. I would love to see every body to start calling that day something that it is not and see if Farrakhan and the rest of his crew would be knocking down doors and anybody in their way to get their respect”

1. Farrakhan isn’t a muslim, he is a member of the NOI – very big difference so please don’t use him as an example for all muslims

2. if somebody said “merry christmas” during ramadan, ur right, that WOULD be weird because it’s NOT christmas. However, if somebody said “happy holidays” during Eid, i would say “thank you, you too” I don’t find it the least bit offensive because holidays ARE holidays, what part of that is offensive?!
there were a couple of years where Eid was around the same time as christmas and everybody would say “happy holidays” and i thought it was great that everybody from all reglions was merging their holidays together to wish each other as one.. I guess i’m just odd huh?

Nicole:

First let me apologize. My tone has been disrespectful here and there regarding this.

My main issue is this: The way puffy went about saying what he had to say. You don’t think it’s disrespectful for him to not awknowledge that this time of year is home to more than just the christian celebration of christmas? What is so wrong with saying happy holidays if you choose to so you may includ everyone that celebrates something around this time(I.E. Retailers)? No one is taking away your meaning of christmas by saying happy holidays.

If you say merry christmas to me I will say it back. If you say happy holidays, I will return the same.

I know I live my life as a good person without religion and if your god want to punish me because I didn’t pray and worship him, then that’s a god I don’t need to know.

BTW I was raised religious

Finally!!! My boss is letting me leave

Nicole, You’ve been the only one engaging me through this long day. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and know that I do respect your beliefs and practices and never would want to take them away from you.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays

Thank you Nicole for being a “light” and telling the truth…..you go girl:)!

Go head Diddy!

I don’t usually agree with this fool, But he is right for the first time. it’s MERRY CHRISTMAN. If you don’t believe in Christ, that’s fine, but people should be able to say Merry Christmas.

@ NICOLE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GETTING SMARTER. DIDDY STILL NEED TO GET SOME BRACES. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY. IT’S ABOUT RESPECT TO ALL RELIGIONS. DON’T JUST SINGLE OUT CHRISTMAS

Diddy’s Blog his beliefs….

Merry CHRISTMAS!

we use happy holidays to include new years ,we say that due to the fact 9/10 i wont see you to tell you happy new years…so why not combine the holidays since they also a week apart, no for xmas thats a differ subject but happy holidays includes christmas and new years..hows merry christmas and happy new year sounds…..now say it to every person u see…happy holidays sounds much better lol

@ Nicole & MissVee
Merry Christmas to all! I really enjoyed the dialogue between you both, and appreciate how it all ended! Very Classy!

I have to say I agree with Diddy. To hell with this political correctness nonsense. Children aren’t allowed to say Merry Christmas in school, townspeople aren’t allowed to put up any sort of displays on state property, and retailers are told to say Happy Holidays. All this so not to “offend” the non believers. If the non believers wish to not celebrate then that’s fine, but don’t take away the rights of the believers to appease those who don’t believe. The believers have rights as well. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

@ Nicole you held your ground on all of your postings. You are intelligent and a very knowledgeable female.

I must say with our society becoming more and more diverse every group feels as if they should be accommodated. This country was founded on Christian beliefs, but Jews and Muslims feel left out or insulted. How about showing respect for the masses and what we believe in !!

By the way: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

Miss Nicole I’m gonna have to give it to you. Your cool headed approach turned Miss Nee around who also showed alot of class. Merry Easter!?!

Merry Christmas, THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE DON’T LIKE CHRIST, HE IS THE REAL THING. If it was not nobody woould care.

This dude fascinates me in the sense that – well, I put Master P (Kanye and R. Kelly) in the same category – I can’t understand how these dudes can be so illiterate and inarticulate and still accomplish so much. I guess they compensate for their short-comings with that drive.

Jesus was not born on Dec25th. You think jesus would want people stampeding each other in order to buy “presents” ….. you masses are brainwashed…. passed on from generation to generation…..all christmas has turned to is an explotation of a false claim on Jesus birth in order to spend spend spend so you can get your kid the latest toy, and then let santa take all the credit…. BRAINWASHED FOOLS!!!!

i respect diddy and his opinions but, really folks formulate your own opinions and dont base your beleifs on false rituals that have nothing to do with Jesus

Diddy i right and I respect him for coming out and saying it, as it is. I am a muslim, but I have nothing against x’mas and the celebration of it. If you live in Rome, you have to do what the Romans do abd respect their opinions too…

Diddy isn’t right. The reason for saying “Happy Holidays” is that there is more than one holiday in the season. There is Hannukah, New Year’s, even Kwanzaa so why does anyone try to twist it to seem otherwise? I wouldn’t be offended if a Jew said “Happy Hannukah” to me so no one should be offended by “Merry Christmas.” But neither should they have anything against Happy Holidays either. It seems stupid to me that anyone would be offended by a wish of happy ANYTHING!! I don’t have to celebrate the way you do, but it’s nice that you hope I have a happy whatever it is. To feel otherwise to me, is anti-Christian. I just can’t see one of Jesus’ disciples saying “Oooo, Lord, they said Happy Holidays, not Merry Christmas, should we stone them or what?” SMH

COCAINE EFFECTS ?

I didn’t even watch it because I’m familiar with Diddy’s rants.

People, stop being so ignorant- EVERYONE DOESN’T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS. I’m a Christian and politically correct or not, Happy Holidays is just more appropriate.

I work in customer service and unless someone says Merry Christmas to me first, I say Happy Holidays- that covers EVERYTHING..even New Year’s.

Diddy, PUT THE CAMERA DOWN- YOU HAVE A FACE FOR RADIO- SATELLITE RADIO…BUT NOT ON EARTH…ON MARS!!!!! NO, ON PLUTO!!

I personally do no tbelieve in Christmas. So I say Happy Holidays and I break down for some and say Merry Christmas. And by the way looking at the historic facts Jesus was more then likely born in the summer. And there are about 3 other instances of “Messiah’s” born on you guessed it Dec. 25th all of them pre date Jesus. Horus being one of the prominent ones. Do some reading Sean Combs. It saddens me that there are grown men who secretly aspire to be like this clown! Can we project intelligence and reason every once in a while?

It amazes me how people seem to forget that all three major religions Hebrew, Islam and Christianity have huge celebration in the month of december. Hello Hanukkah is in december 22nd this year. Eid ul-Adha is in december this year. the islamic new year starts in december. Leave it to an avarice who likes to claim himself a christian to tell other people what to say. Diddy you get a big shut the **** up.

I agree with Puff! I know other folks agree too. I respect EVERYONE’S RELIGION! That is why they should respect mine and say Merry Christmas! I say Happy Eid for those who celebrate islamic faiths, Happy Hanukkah for those who are Jewish. Why must we continue to walk on egg shells? REMEBER THIS IS AMERICA! We are the only country in the world that is SUPPOSED to celebrate EVERYONE for who you are! If you do not believe in Christ that is fine, it’s not personal. When someone is saying Merry Christmas they are being nice. Just say I do not celebrate Christmas and I am sure the person will say sorry! May God, what has happened to us?!

@ MissNee

The reason for happy holidays is to include EVERYONE, whether they are christian, jewish, muslim or atheist.
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I agree with that statement there. If you’re Christian and I know it, I say M.C…. If you’re Jewish I say H.H. If you celebrate Kwanza, I say the same thing…. so PULEEZ ppl. If you don’t know the person, and you want to be polite and wish them best, then you say Happy Holidays. It’s not ‘politically correct’! It’s polite to respect the other person — Period.

And on another note, the more Diddy speaks, the dumber I think he is, and I scratch my head and wonder how he got where he is today. Thugery is my guess…..

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE. WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO CELEBRATE, ENJOY, BE SAFE, AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR…

Whether people believe Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God or the first born resurrected from the grave on the third day by the power of the Holy Spirit is not the point Diddy’s making. What he is saying is there is enough evidence to suggest that Jesus Christ the Son of Mary did exist, he was born and did die. Now if you are a Christian then you believe he was raised from the dead but if you are not a Christian then you believe he decomposed like other people do and that was that.

OK…. In my view Diddy is saying if you honor George Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others on their holidays then please honor the fact that December 25th is a day set aside in our country to honor Jesus Christ, a man who taught love and peace, tolerance and forgiveness everywhere he went regardless of the unpopularity of his topics.

Who gave many faith and hope and taught about a God who loved them in return. Regardless if you believe in his teachings, Jesus is a man that impacted and changed the world unlike anybody else in history. His teachings and life has inspired many so no matter if a person is Christian they should at least recognize him as they would George Washington or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. because his legacy is so much greater.

BY THE WAY….. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

@some1better

I think he’s saying a person should say Merry Christmas even if you aren’t Christian because it is not a religious holiday but a day that recognizes a man that has impacted the world in a huge way. More or less a person doesn’t have to be religious to say Merry Christmas just like a person doesn’t have to be black to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or what he stood for on his holiday.

I think people take things too far sometimes just because a person says Merry Christmas doesn’t make them a Christian & just because someone goes to church or reads the bible doesn’t mean they are decent individuals. Take Rev. Jesse Jackson for instance, lol Nuff said.

i could see why it would make sense to say only Merry Christmas on Dec. 25 cuz it is in fact Christmas Day… but when you’re greeting people throughout December, there’s more than just one holiday in the month… it’s not Christmas all damn month! So yeah you say happy holidays to cover everthing (including New Year’s)…

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Jesus birth split time in two. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Today it is shut down, ya dig? All hail the power of Jesus name.

phasho @ jessica

I don’t believe in god, but, i think it’s cool what he’s saying! If you believe in god, i think that you should say merry christmas!

Merry christmas everybody!
xoxo

It is MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Everybody so caught up in trying to be politically correct, the meaning of the season seems to be lost.

Jesus Christ is the reason we do all the extras on December 25th. It is a celebration of His birth. And no, no one knows for sure if Decemeber 25th is His actual birth day, but by approximation, we celebrate His birth on His day and give gifts as a symbol of the Wise Men who brought gives to baby Jesus.

I will celebrate CHRISTMAS, not the holidays. Diddy is right for once.

I absolutely agree. Why should we change our religion for those who don’t believe in it? I’m not asking them to change theirs.

@Nicole
I read all your responses and I must say I am very proud of you. You are an intelligent person and Thank You for standing up for Christ.

@MissNee
I can tell that you are irked by Christ and Christians and your hiding your animosity under the disguise of trying to be inclusive of everyone. Basically, what you were telling me is to celebrate Christmas in the privacy of my own home. No sorry, I will not be doing that. I will celebrate Christmas openly and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and if they wish not to respond, then that’s okay too. But I will NEVER compromise my faith so that others can feel better. Jesus Christ died for me and the very least I can do is remember him on Christmas.

*Him

Tina:

Can you read? Can you comprehend? That’s my annoyance with this whole thing. When did I say you can’t openly celebrate or wish someone a merry christmas??? When did I Say that? My point is what is the big funky ass deal with someone saying happy holidays?

And you’re wrong. Christians don’t bother me at all. It’s the ones that think they’re religion is it and get all up in arms over retailers and other saying happy holidays. More than half my family are christians and it doesn’t bother me one bit. Why? Because they don’t try and push it on me and when they hear of me being atheist they don’t say condescending like “i’ll pray for you”. That’s what irks me.

Celebrate christmas however the hell you want, but don’t get the panties in a twist if someone says happy holidays to you instead of christmas.

BTW: My annoyance doesn’t end with religion. I can’t stand atheists that push their point of view on those that do happen to be religious or spiritual and i’m atheist. I don’t go around insisting that there is no god and blah blah blah. I keep it to myself and just state that i’m atheist.

Anyway Christmas is no longer what it used to be!! Now it just about a huge commercial event or a period of the year during you can spend time with your family that’s why we can say Happy holydays.

First off SEASON GREETINGS to you all. I am a christian who does not celebrate christmas why you might ask because nowhere and I mean nowhere in the bible does it state Jesus was born on dec 25 second christmas was here before he was born it is a paigon holdiay it has nothing to do with him. I shall not and will not celebrate a LIE a BIG LIE so for all of you so called christain go read your bible and research your history and you will find the truth. He says not to put him with any idle gods So I take what I said back I’m not a christain I am a BELIEVER because the word christian is used so losely. SEASON GREETINGS TO YOU ALL.

And another thing he was not born in december you can not herd sheep in the winter it was around Fall somewhere the holiday Yon kipor. If you say you are christain than everyday is his andif you put away aday for him it should not be about you are anybody else getting gifts. You should be fasting and pray to him. PEOPLE HE GAVE HIS and all we can think about is what we are going to get.

Yes some of us Christians are aware that Dec 25 is Pagan festival of the son of Isis. Does all this really matter though? Today, we celebrate Christmas to honor Christ and the origin of the date does not by any means undermine that.

Yes it does why believe in something if youre not going to believe in his word whole hearted I wish not to celebrate a LIE I wish to celebrate Him giving his life so if it really doesnt matter what we celebrate than I guess him dieing for us doesnt matter either. He is the One true God to me I shall not and will Not put him with none other.

@kesha

By the way – In the year 350, Pope Julius I declared that “Christ’s birth” would be celebrated on December 25th. There is little doubt that he was trying to make it easy for Pagan Romans (who were the majority at the time) to convert to Christianity. The new religion was a bit easier to swallow, knowing that their feasts would not be taken away from them. –

So you see Kesha, you are not saying anything new even the church knew about the origin of Dec 25. So give it a rest.

Regardless of exactly which day Christ was born, the point is He came to teach and die for us.

So the day we celebrate his birth is not relevant, but it’s nice that we who believe get to celebrate on the same day.

I am not saying not to celebrate but we who say we beleive are not celebrating right its not about us us us we we we If am going to cherish his birth and life than We as christains should not be going into debt like everyone is God is not in that. Why do you think the muslims look at us as to say you unholy people because we are we are so far away from the truth it makes me sick and than we have people who want to justify what we celebrate come dont celebrate a lie celebrate the truth the truth will make you free. Lie easter its passover that we must celebrate why do kids have to be confused with this foolishness America is going to hell in a handbasket instead of us being the light we are the darkness. So as a church you still want to live a lie and yes he did come to teach but if you dont learn and know what you beleive than believing in him really is a waist. See thats whats wroung with people in the christain world we only want to believe and abide by what we feel is right. If am going to believe in him than I believe with all my heart in his word in the things he has done and just life but does that mean I have to belittle someone else no. the only thing I do is show you the truth if you ask I dont force feed anyone its your choice. And before I die I wont to know that I gave my all to him whole hearted Just like he did. He tought and he is still teaching me the truth So its time for me to live it and if you know whats right than why are you not living what you believe

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Sorry. But for once I actually agree with Puffy on this one. It is Merry Christmas and it is about Jesus’s birthday. Not about happy holidays. Let’s celebrate the real reason of Christmas.

@kesha

I may be late on this however…. I know Muslims and am very familiar with their belief and where it originated. I would not take their opinion on Christianity or consider their lives more righteous than any practicing Christian. You see, what’s true is that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and there are none perfect.

You must understand that the biggest thing that separates Christianity from the rest of the world religions is the gospel message. That Jesus is the Christ the Son of God who died sinless and resurrected on the third day, conquering death, promising to return and collect all those that believe and obey his teachings.

Christian baptism (total emersion) is symbolic to the death, burial, and resurrection that Jesus experienced physically and this is what we are supposed to do as believers in order to walk in a new direction. No, nobody is perfect but through Jesus we Christians believe he is our sanctification reconciling us to God because it is also written that there is no way to the father except through Jesus.

And these things my dear are in direct conflict with every religion that is not Christian. I am not here to put any religion down but if I believe in Jesus and the power of his life, death, burial and resurrection I can never be a Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Wiccan or anything else because according to my belief there is only one agent for the cleansing of sin and that is the blood of Jesus Christ.

God is holy and only through the covering of our sin by the sacrifice & blood of Jesus can I be saved and for anyone that is not a Christian this belief is offensive.

Also no Christian is perfect it is only through Jesus that we have access to God and the forgiveness of sins not through our own power. So yes it is a struggle but it is a race we must run as though we intend to win. So I hope all Christians never give up because perfection is only found in Jesus, keep trying, and don’t stop, no matter what anyone says about you. God lives and forgives in Jesus!

What Diddy is saying is retarded, I understand what he’s saying and all but the purpose of being politically correct is to avoid offending people especially considering this is not solely a Christian country as someone alluded to. Just because he celebrates Christmas does not necessarily mean that everyone does therefore should not be wishing others a Merry Christmas but instead a Happy Holiday it’s called mutual respect..MissNee, I’m all with you

Also, someone said something about them changing the date of Dec 25 to holiday as opposed to Christmas–the 25th is still Christmas genius, Channukah lasts for 8 days and Kwanzaa also lasts for a while therefore they wouldn’t change it to “holiday” smh…the term Happy Holidays is referring to the season/time period not to Dec 25 in particular

In a weird way, I agree with Diddy (I never thought I’d ever say that) but I do!!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Chrismas to you too. so sweet of you.

I AGREE WITH DIDDY WHOLEHEARTEDLY. ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD REMAIN RESPECTFUL OF OTHER PEOPLE’S FAITH. THE MONTH OF DECEMBER CELEBRATES JUDISM AND CHRISTIANITY. TWO RELIGIONS THAT ARE INTERTWINED, ONE BORN OF THE OTHER. BLESSINGS TO ALL THOSE WHO CHOSE TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATIONS AND CELEBRATE WITH US.BUT DON’T GET IT TWISTED TO ALL THE OTHER HATERS OUT THERE JESUS IS STILL THE REASON FOR THE
FOR THE BIGGEST SEASON IN THE WORLD. HAVE YOU NOT NOICED??? THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS IS SO POWERFUL THAT WHATEVER IS IN YOUR HEART WILL MANIFEST THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHETHER IT GOOD OR EVIL. THANK GOD THAT THE FORMER OUTWEIGH THE LATTER. REMEMBER ONE DAY EVERY KNEE SHALL BOUGH AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. (LET’S SEE WHAT THAT COMMENTARY BRINGS OUT OF YOU). MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANNUKAH AND HAPPY KWANZA. BLESSINGS

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diddy: for the record…THE PERSON KNOWN AS JESUS WAS NOT BORN IN DECEMBER…so december 25th means nothing

I agree with Diddy!!

The Reason for the Holiday is Jesus Christ. If we were not celebrating Jesus Christ there will be no Holiday!!!

How come you can say Happy Independence Day on July 4th Rather than Happy Holiday… People say Happy Thanks Giving, Not Happy Holiday… So come Christmas Time, why do you have to go all Foolishly PC and not Wish People a Merry Christmas????

Christian or Not, You are on Holiday Cos of the Christians celebrating the birth of Christ!!! Why Christians always Gotta Suffer?? You don’t see people disputing or labelling Muslim or Jewish Celebrations Just Holidays???

HEY Jessica,
Now that’s telling the true gospel!! Only a true believer could understand…..I comprehend completely. Hope you had a wonderful CHRISTmas. Jesus is the reason for the season.

I most absolutely agree with Diddy and Jessica. Whether it is what you agree with or not we are celebrating the birth of Jesus and it should be Merry Christmas. If you are living and breathing and have your right mind, that’s your holiday and you should thank God for that. Merry Christmas everyone!!

Thank God for the birth of His Son Jesus Christ!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

(And Happy Holidays to those who don’t acknowledge Christmas! May we all learn to love more and hate less in the coming New Year!)

Okay Diddy, I see what you’re talking about..but c’mon…you don’t need beat it up into people’s heads????But…you are good with publicity and obviously there is no such thing as bad publicity.

Nicole:

You have yet to prove how America was founded on Christianity. All you have done is made statements, but you yourself have not provided evidence. You have stated that Christopher Columbus founded America and was a Christian man. That is not proof and means nothing because he had no helping hand in the shaping of this country, seeing as America wasn’t even formed until 1776 (roughly). When did Columbus “discover” America???

You ask someone to give you facts, how about you give up some facts that support your theory because you haven’t done that yet.

I completely agree with this. I do not understand why we have to tip toe around our religion just because other people are offended or dont agree but they can proudly express their beliefs. If you don’t celebrate Christmas thats fine and I respect that but Christmas is a national Holiday here in America so I feel we have the right to celebrate it freely and that includes saying MERRY Christmas. No one else has to make changes to their beliefs when we don’t agree with them.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

People say they get offended by religious references cuz everyone doesn’t believe in Jesus, but why should anyone have to hide their love of Christ? Non-believers are never afraid to voice their complaints. Why can’t I get offended by “Happy Holidays?” (and I wouldn’t anyway though, but just sayin…). This aint no HoliDAYS! We don’t get New Years off around here! Just Barely Christmas. I got ONE HoliDAY!

We always have to respect that other people don’t have the same beliefs by being quiet while they do whatever they want. It’s uneven bull-crap. Atheists almost complain more than we do.

and I believe December 26th is just an arbitrary day, also, but that’s just when we celebrate. Ever celebrated a birthday on a different date? That’s how I see Christmas.

I haven’t even listened to the clip but I wouldn’t make references to a man who has a multi million dollar clothing line, a well known record label, and very successful fragrances not smart.

Hey I am with that.

Merry Christmas is the propper way to address this time of year! You need to check yourself. The millions who do not believe in Jesus need prayer!

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