Merry Christmas, everyone! Yes, I can still say this, as Christmas is a season. I sincerely hope everyone reading this was able to spend time with their families and take a break from the grind. Mine was quite nice, as usual – nothing out of the ordinary to relate.
Much has been said regarding the phrase “Merry Christmas” and the apprehension with which many left of center view it. Conservatives frequently bemoan the decline in enthusiasm for this particular phrase. They aren’t wrong: Increasingly, “Happy Holidays” is the preferred greeting, given its ambiguity. After all, we live in an increasingly diverse society, one defined by ethnic, racial, religious, and political divides – and we can’t go around promoting one set of cultural and religious mores above the others, can we?
We can, actually. Expecting immigrants to adhere to, or at the very least, respect, a nation’s traditions was considered common sense until very recently. To willingly import foreigners by the millions – and deem full assimilation “racist” – is a recipe for disaster. And disaster is indeed what awaits us if nothing changes. History shows that large, multiethnic states are often torn asunder by strife and division. There’s simply no reason to believe America’s fate, barring radical change, will be any different.
Even worse is America’s approach to dealing with diversity, which is as follows. First, treat it as an intrinsic good, one to be increased indefinitely. Second, exalt the Other at the expense of the nation. Third, marginalize anyone who raises any objections, however reasonable and well intentioned they might be. This is the playbook employed by our elites; it is largely, though not perfectly, working for them, and not working remotely for historic America.
So of course we’re encouraged to say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” To do otherwise would risk offending the Other. Instead of expecting immigrants to respect our laws, customs, and traditions, we change ourselves, endlessly and suicidally, to render our country more welcoming to them. This, as should be obvious, spells nothing short of the complete erasure of America. A nation without an identity is no nation at all – it is a shopping mall, a mere economic zone.
I’ll be the first to tell you that the fact that Americans are saying Merry Christmas less often – and that using this phrase around strangers is now controversial – is a bad thing. However, there’s a certain strain of conservative thought which would have you believe that merely saying Merry Christmas, waving the flag, and celebrating the Fourth of July are enough to right the ship. This is a position rooted in naivete, but those who hold it generally mean well.
This perspective suffers from a misplaced focus on superficialities. Back in the day, people engaged in the aforementioned behavior, and things were fine. Thus, in order for things to be fine again, all we need to do is to go back to waving the flag and saying Merry Christmas, right?
Wrong. I hate to break it to you, but the rot goes deep, and paying lip service to America or Christmas isn’t going to change that. We need, above all else, a fundamental change in the structure and ideology of American power centers, from which cultural, economic, political, and religious changes would follow. Anything short of that is akin to putting a bandage on a stab wound.
So yes, do say Merry Christmas to strangers and loved ones. Laugh and shake your head at those for whom the mere reference to Christmas is an unforgivable transgression. When possible, affirm American identity in its many forms. But never forget that it’s going to take far more than a return to traditional pleasantries to take our country back.
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