112 Replies to “Merry Winter Lights”

  1. In Winnipeg a few years back, at the height of the PC regarding Christmas,,,we had a “MULTICULTURAL TREE” at the provincial legislature..wtf is that? similiar to a Multicultural Fridge, or Multicultural Garden Hose? retards….public outcry even pushed the premier to declare..quote..if it walks like a duck…..and we were back to a christmas tree

  3. Well I don’t know about anyone else but I greet people I know with the greeting I receive from my Muslim friends, Buddhist friends, Hindu friends and agnostic friends. They usually wish me a Merry Christmas so I reply, “Merry Christmas”!

  4. I just heard a promo that tomorrow afternoon on AM 770 in Calgary, they’ll be featuring a discussion on the “organized attack to destroy Christmas” and how, if successful, the same folks will then go after religious holidays of all other religions.
    Further to what I said to ET, Secularism/Atheism has become the de facto religion of the Radical Left. It IS a belief system in that it preaches that no religious belief systems are valid. ET might not act this way but many do.
    I reject the notion that Canada does not have Christian roots. I reject the notion that a Christian should feel guilty about celebrating their major winter holiday.
    Why is it that Christmas has been okay for hundreds of years, now suddenly over the last 25 or so it’s questionable about whether it should be allowed to continue as a public holiday? Some say this is because of the multi-cultural makeup of modern Canada. Really?! I’ve never once had a Jewish or Muslim or Buddhist friend every hint to me that they had a problem with Christmas.
    The fact is that the ONLY ones complaining about Christmas are the Politically Correct loudmouths of the Radical Left. What gives them the right to force us all to change our ways and our culture to THEIR narrow world view?

  5. We put up the Christmas lights, festooned the house full of Christmas decorations, a tree, and a life-size Santa. My neighbors are Chinese. They put up Christmas lights. Yes…that’s what THEY call them. A few doors down is an Egyptian Muslim. I wish him Happy Ramadan and he wishes me a Merry Christmas. That’s the way people get along in a neighborhood. If the securalists would call themselves something, we’d wish them that, but what is it? Winter Lights? Festivus? Kwanzaa? (Look up the origin of that “tradition” started by a US criminal).
    But for God’s sake, it’s Christmas! It’s as good as Ramadan, Hanukkah, Festivus or Winter Lights. But we got there first in Canada. If you want to popularize your holiday season, then do so, BUT LAY OFF MY CHRISTMAS!

  6. I sent this ‘Letter to the Editor’ a few days ago.
    ————————————————–
    Who are these people that have a problem with the use of the word Christmas?
    I have never met one, have you?
    Other religious observances are recognized with no problems.
    Many retailers now use innocuous wording like ‘holiday trees’ etc.
    These retailers don’t seem to understand, that in their attempts to placate these unseen intolerant people,
    they are actually offending millions.
    These retailers are content to reap the bounties of the Christmas giving spirit, yet specifically downgrade any reference to the special religious day that it is.
    It’s this specific action against a Christian observance, not shown to other religions, that is galling and
    unjustifiable.
    Where are these people that are offended by one of Christianity’s holiest days, when someone is needed to work on the 25th?
    Mothers Day and Fathers Day will soon have to be changed to ‘Significant Other Day’, so as not to offend.
    All shoppers should leave any store or web-site that has replaced Christmas wording with politically correct lingo.
    Let these stores live on their sales to the intolerant souls, that seem to require gifts, for a special day that offends them.

  8. Brampton should be deeply ashamed.
    Lefties have no shame.That would imply they have empathy,which along with tolerance,justice and equality,are NOT part of the leftard make up.You gotta have at least two brain cells to rub together to even begin to start on the road to any of the above.
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all at SDA.

  10. You wouldn’t believe the property tax in Brampton (all Ontario for that matter) 1.24% on assessed value.
    We miss Mike Harris!

  12. what would Obama do?
    will the yanks celebrate august 4th as change day?
    and the 5th as spare change day.

  14. I’m trying to picture a public bus in any Muslim country with the message “Celebrate Christmas.”
    ‘Having a hard time doing it.

  17. “I’m trying to picture a public bus in any Muslim country with the message “Celebrate Christmas.”
    ‘Having a hard time doing it.
    Posted by: batb at December 16, 2008 9:46 PM ”
    Oh come on,batb.That’s easy.Just remember all those flaming cars around Pareee.

  20. But, I’m … an atheist … So? Is that worthy of condemnation because I don’t believe in god?

    Yes. Yes, it is.
    You see, as an atheist, you have no morals or decency that I understand.
    Suggesting that you do not believe in God is an insult to people who do. It’s not, really, of course — and if it were, then the reverse would also be true — but as a Christian I’m not required to think about those things.
    As a Christian, I am taught to love all people, even scum-sucking, immoral, filthy, hell-bound, child-raping atheists like you.
    You should pray to our Merciful Father not to condemn you to an eternity of excruciating torture in Hell, in His love.

  21. The Brampton Board of Trade hosts a Santa Claus Parade in late November, sponsored by the Rotary Club and the Downtown Business Association. It is the largest nighttime parade in Canada and usually attracts between 150,000 and 200,000 people each year. People line the streets 5-8 deep for the full length of the parade. Everyone sings Christmas carols and wishes Merry Christmas. The politically correct schmozzle shown is the work of the City politicians who (as usual) screw up and give the community a bad name. It’s really sad.

  22. Judging by the ads in MSM and print throughout Canada it’s quite obvious that “whites” are a minority or soon becoming one. Shouldn’t white people be considering legislating some sort of affirmative action or entitlement programs now to prepare for the future? Why get caught out and miss the gravy train?

  23. to: Surly,
    re: New Year
    You’d be surprised…Chinese New Year is now known in Toronto’s politically correct circles (Now Magazine etc.) as the “Asian Communities’ Lunar New Year”. I wish I were joking.

  24. Well well, well
    Racism, homophobia, xenophobia and just plain flat-out hate explodes like pus from lanced boils throughout the SDA comment thread.
    SDA folks evidently feel that their Christianity is best served by acting in the exact opposite manner to which Christ directed…
    They don’t understand that Christ isn’t served in any other way than by trying to live up to His precepts.
    I mean: do you really think that the One who spoke against making a big show of praying in public would be perturbed by words on the back of a bus?
    And again for all you racists and homophobes: Nuh-uh. Jesus doesn’t approve.

  25. A bit of going over the top here.
    It isn’t the immigrants from other countries, nor those of other religious faiths who are battling the tradition of celebrating Christmas: It’s people who are anti-God, and that is the Jehovah God of the Jews and Christians. That is their enemy. Ordinary run-of-the-mill athiests and agnostics most likely have a Christmas tree for their children and exchange gifts.
    Christians adopted the tree symbol, so why can’t others share it without having to accept Christ? That is a personal decision for each of us to make. We can share our faith and stand on guard against those who would remove it from the public square.
    ET: For someone as intelligent as you obviously are, you might enjoy reading Lee Strobel’s
    books.
    On the Tree channel right now, I’m looking at the Christmas tree in Calgary as I listen to non-stop Christmas carols and songs.
    Merry Christmas to all.

  26. OMG!! Celebrating with lights!! That so totally goes against the teachings of MY prophets and what they have been preaching at my church. I am completely offended and disgusted. You can bet I will be filing a complaint with the HRC protesting what is clearly an affront to my religion as preached by Al Gore and David Suzuki.

  29. Re Xmas – not so offensive, “X” being Greek “chi”, the first letter in “Christ”; or perhaps the “chi-rho” symbol, the first two letters in “Christ”.
    I don’t understand what the problem is with “Claus”, “Klaus”, “Nicholas”, all perfectly good given names.

  30. Write to the Mayor of Brampton at: mayor@brampton.ca
    Dear Mayor Fennell
    Allow me to take a moment to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas. Oh, I’m sorry. Apparently the City of Bramptom doesn’t officially recognize the tradition of Christmas, despite it having been a part of Canada’s history and heritage for 141 years. “Winter Lights”, it sounds like a brand of cigarettes, but that too would be politically incorrect and we can’t have that now, can we?
    Shame on you, your city and the many other politically incorrect officials who appear to believe they are ‘au currant’ and oh so progressive. Yes indeed, that’s real leadership – abandoning the important aspects of your own culture in order to appear supplicant to all other cultures. And the amazing thing is that few if any of those other cultures exhibit any of the intolerance that seems so fundamental to today’s civic ‘leaders’.
    I’ll be sure to recommend to my friends that they purchase their Christmas gifts in a jurisdiction other than Brampton because no one I know will be out looking for ‘holiday gifts’ for their loved ones. And I trust that you and your staff will be working on Dec. 25th as it is apparently a wholly meaningless day that doesn’t actually merit being paid to you as a special occasion.
    Secular fundamentalism. It’s a cancer in Canadian society and it needs to change.

  31. DING DONG/
    Oh honey look it’s the Hendersons come to mock, insult , belittle, abuse and pile on a groaning Christian faithed person at Christmas.
    Well, God Bless
    Merry Christmas
    Good Will Towards Men

  32. It was “Bright Lights” in Vancouver. Ironically there was a creche amid the spectacle in Stanley Park, but the lights were off. It was like a living parable where the light was darkness and the darkness light.
    It will be business as usually, right up to the end.

  33. “Sanctimonious Religious Person” (sic) – thou art a silly twit.
    And, ET – condemnation for participating in cultural activities? Not the right question – there is condemnation (aka, moral culpability)for rejecting Jesus as irrelevant. But let us keep it simple, if only for those who mock…It’s d*mn stupid. It’s like going “yummy bathwater…but please throw away the baby!” Culture is not a multi-culti dinner menu. The religio/philosophic underpinnings of a culture grant it legitimacy and life. If the former are antithetical, then it must logically follow that the latter is also.
    Consistency, my friend, consistency!

  35. real says “Jesus doesn’t approve.”
    And your grounds for such assertion? Are you claiming to be one of his friends?

  37. A relative of mine with 3 young kids and living in Brampton, fled to Peterborough. I asked them why and they said they didn’t want to expose their children to the racially divided gangs in all the schools in Brampton. They couldn’t even find enough anglo-saxons to form gangs for their protection. Is that true?

  38. So is this to say that Brampton does not do any decorations or lights before December 21st as that is the start of Winter (Solstice)? Christmas season is not defined, but Winter…that has a defined start and end, and so this light festival should go until March 20th. I think the people of Brampton should complain if those lights are turned off before then!!

  39. Tenebris
    I don’t know whether I’d claim to be His “friend”, but I try to follow his teachings, and in the Good Samaritan and other parables, it seems clear he’s asking us to regard all people as our neighbours and to extend love to those who are considered “other” in our society – particularly those who are most different from us, the weaker ones, the marginalized. “for what you have done for the least of these, you have done for me.” Heck, he even tells us to love our enemies.
    That rules out racism, it seems to me, as well as homophobia, both of which appear all too often here at SDA. Seems like something to keep in mind when people are railing on so hatefully “in the name of Christianity”.
    I mean, you can’t possibly believe that Jesus somehow does approve of racism and homophobia, can you?

  40. It is one thing to “extend love to those considered other”, it is another thing to abandon your cultural beliefs and traditions as part of that effort.
    real, you really are an idiot.

  41. Tim in Vermont: “It is one thing to ‘extend love to those considered other’, it is another thing to abandon your cultural beliefs and traditions as part of that effort.”
    Well-said.
    And, gellen, you’re correct. The secular fundamentalism we’ve become captive to in Canada is utterly the creation of the fundamentalist, atheistic humanists in our midst–who, BTW, stuff their own pockets administering “multicultural” government programs.
    People of faiths other than Judeo-Christianity tend to be very respectful of others’ faith and, in fact, often don’t understand Christians’ reticence to share their faith.
    On the other hand, atheistic secularists are deeply threatened by Christianity and have used “multiculturalism” as a “beard” to hide behind. Their “reasoning” is that white Christians and our culture are somehow “offensive” to the newly arriving non-Christian immigrants to our country.
    Aside from the irony that it’s often Christians in Christian churches which provide free-of-charge charity to immigrants, this “fear” of Christians is ridiculous and is a construct to benefit the political agenda–and fill the bank accounts–of Godless socialists.

  42. “… you can’t possibly believe that Jesus somehow does approve of racism and homophobia, can you?”
    That depends on your definition of “homophobia,” real. For example, if opposing “gay marriage” implies one is “homophobic,” then yes, Jesus would approve of being “homophobic.” In fact, Jesus himself would be “homophobic” because Christian marriage is between a man and a woman and God, period.
    When speaking of Godly approval or disapproval, it is most beneficial to consider what is God’s design and then address whether or not certain actions or proclivities fall outside of His nature.
    Taking marriage as our example, the marriage covenant between God, a man and a woman is the model set forth for the furtherance of the human race, the environment for child bearing and rearing, and the only place where sexual relations are condoned by God.
    Fornication speaks to sexual relations outside of marriage, something that is explicitly condemned in Scripture because it falls outside of God’s model of sex within marriage. An important note here is that fornication applies to all sexual acts outside of marriage and therefore applies to heterosexuals and homosexuals alike. Ergo, homosexuals can claim no extra-malicious intent on God’s part; He condemns all sex outside of marriage as sin, and still provides a way of atonement and forgiveness and restoration in the event someone does err.
    It’s God’s standard that informs the approval or disapproval of acts, not the other way around. His standard is sex within marriage, period. Humanity has been rebelling against that one for all time.
    The concept that God is afraid of anything posse of created humans with a grievance is preposterous and illogical, if you consider God to truly be a god, let alone The One and Only True God.

  43. Open letter to Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Chinese, the HRC and atheists.
    MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

  44. real – what mark said…
    And my own 2 pennies: “I don’t know whether I’d claim to be His “friend”, but I try to follow his teachings,…”
    Very good; and Jesus said “You are my friend if you do what I say.”
    Two general comments, not meant as thrown stones:
    Do try not to be more righteous than God – that way lies phariseeism. And don’t get so fixated on your neighbour that he becomes your God.
    A blessed Christmas to all!

  45. Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, and the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. Jeremiah 10: 2-4.
    Christmas as a Christian holiday originated with the celebration of the winter solstice and only after Constantine merged it into a Christian holiday did it become what it is today. Very interesting reading in the book The Two Babylons by the late Rev. Alexander Hislop.

  46. Dear Mark Peters:
    Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from you, and I will try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
    I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.
    a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
    b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
    c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
    d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Americans. Can you
    clarify? Why can’t I own Americans?
    e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
    f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this?
    g) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
    h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?
    i) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
    j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev 24:10-16) Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
    I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help.
    Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and unchanging.

  47. Hey, guys? Don’t feed the trolls, eh? Real/new/haye/mos/etc. is a troll. I’m one of the worst offenders usually, but this is getting a bit rich even for my blood.
    Bottom line, ET is A) a good person and B) can’t prove there is not a God. OTOH, I can’t prove there -is- a God. Nor can any of the rest of y’all, and you know it. Proof is denied us, as of right now.
    Absent actual proof either way, I’m not prepared to jam my preference in the matter down anybody else’s throat. I prefer to lead by example. It works better than fire and the sword anyway, just see how the hard-@ss fanatics are making out changing us all over to Islam. Not so well, right? Sooner fight than switch, wouldn’t you?
    Therefore we all cut each other a bit of slack, show up with some manners, and ignore the hateful machinations of the trolls. Agents of discord and strife, the lot of them.

  49. Hey, if people can quote scripture from the good book to justify their opinions, why can i not show how hypocritical that is? Quoting scripture to justify homophobia is hypocritical.
    That’s not a troll, that’s truth. Everything in my post above comes from the good book. Refute it instead of the ad-hom.

  50. It is time to celebrate Christ’s birth, buy Christmas presents, and go into debt. Hey, it is a tradition we spend paying off during the first of every year. And how else are we going to get all our linens on sale in January?
    Winter lights? Does this mean my Christmas lights are passe, and now I have to buy winter lights to be ‘with it’? Who says, “Winter Lights” anyhow?

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