A Politically Correct Christmas Wish

I got this idea form Group Publishing.  This sort of holiday greeting got my attention.  I hope it gets yours as well.  WE live in a work that is difficult to understand and in many ways anything associated with Christ evokes a response of either acceptance or rejection to both extremes.  So in the world today people are easily offended.

In response to this Group Publishing met with their attorney, and on his advice this is what they wrote:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only “AMERICA” in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:

This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

While we understand this type of pressure is what many of us experience…the CVC team wants to extend a real Christmas Greeting to you!

May you, and the people of your church, experience the true joy of Christmas as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Have a blessed Christmas celebration!

Copyright © 2009 Group Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON AND HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR…I say this with NO APOLOGIES OR POLITICAL CORRECTNESS