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Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Apr 17 11:53:44 2019, in response to Is Easter better than the "C" word?, posted by orange blossom special on Wed Apr 17 11:47:52 2019. You missed the bit about leftists and their dogma of banning all religion? |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Thu Apr 18 03:17:35 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Apr 17 11:53:44 2019. Looking at the flood of ads, I'm guessing Easter isn't a religious holiday. |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 03:49:23 2019, in response to Is Easter better than the "C" word?, posted by orange blossom special on Wed Apr 17 11:47:52 2019. Even though I'm a pernicious Jew, here are my 2 cents.The reason why Easter isn't promoted the way Christmas is, is that Easter just isn't a very happy holiday. Although Easter marks the day that Jesus defeated death and arose from his tomb, it is preceded by the most somber times on the Christian calendar - Ash Wednesday, the Lent season and then Good Friday, the saddest day on the Christian calendar. Holiday sales promotions need a good, long run-up. That's why Christmas sales start in October, months before Christmas day. I don't think anyone wants to promote Easter during its run-up period, since that is Lent, when people are supposed to be giving things up in atonement and then Good Friday. It would pass the boundaries of good taste, even for ad agencies. Just my 0.02. |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 18 05:05:46 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 03:49:23 2019. They're different events altogether. Easter is the holiest of Christian days and Christmas has been sold out as a secular holiday and not a Holy Day. Despite the Easter bunny and all that crap, it's still considered to be the highest Holy Day as teh day God's Son rose from the dead. Most slack Christians only "go to church on Christmas and Easter" as the saying goes. |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Apr 18 05:13:28 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 03:49:23 2019. It would pass the boundaries of good taste, even for ad agencies.I don't think ad agencies consider anything to be beyond the boundaries of good taste. Easter is the happiest day of the Christian calendar. But you are right that since the run-up is so sad and explicitly meant to be a time of self-denial, it's not a great time to be promoting massive consumption, except maybe of candy. |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Thu Apr 18 07:58:41 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 03:49:23 2019. What you are saying is exactly what I either "learned" in public school or on the streets. But it is not what I'm seeing.All I've been seeing for maybe 5 or 6 weeks now are colorful commercials from target which was the first place I heard about Easter this year. Burlington Coat Factory tells me it's the best and most favorite holiday of the year and people dress up. Wal-Mart has a countdown thing in all of their stores. I really am reminded of this fact everyday in some way. Maybe this is the start of the change to monetize yet another holiday. Which is probably is. Which really begs the question. Why is December 25th "the holiday season"* but Easter is un-inclusive and said by name? The PC police seem to be arbitrary. *I point this out because you are talking about the C holiday as being an actual "season". Not commercially. Sign up for 50 email lists next year for big, and small businesses (or 5-10), check the sales ads, commercials, the ESPECIALLY mainstream news media and it's opinion pages and letters to the editor, and everything, and you'll see that in practice, and grammatically, the season is ONLY on the 25th. And no one will email you telling you Happy Holiday Season until the 24th. Only regular deplorables see the season as a whole lead-up. |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 09:25:02 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by orange blossom special on Thu Apr 18 07:58:41 2019. Stop the “C holiday” nonsense. Call it what it is - Christmas. I’m Jewish and I call it Christmas, why shouldn’t you? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 18 09:53:34 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 09:25:02 2019. He's being cynical, speaking against even omitting the letter C as the left does. |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 10:39:19 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 18 09:53:34 2019. Don't bother with the cynical. Just call it what it is. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Apr 18 10:52:04 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 18 05:05:46 2019. Or an "A&P Catholic". Ashes and palms. |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Apr 18 12:17:40 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 10:39:19 2019. IAWTP |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Mon Apr 22 10:29:58 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Apr 18 09:25:02 2019. Same as the point of this whole topic. It's not allowed in electronic mediums. And I hate the term "This Holiday". If we were face to face* I can say the C word. Easter on the other hand may be used freely, but then again....One major corrections. Kings Hawaiian ran a commercial saying "This Holiday"!!! Maybe they're reusing their C word holiday commercial! *Last C word day I had a conversation about this with a bunch of Baptists at a bank. Since it was the only business in town with a Menorah around. |
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Re: War on Christmas 2019 edition? |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Mon Apr 22 10:32:08 2019, in response to Re: Is Easter better than the ''C'' word?, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Apr 18 12:17:40 2019. Looks like we need to band together and remember this thread when October comes around.I didn't start until 3 years ago when Hannukah was in November, and the news media was printing numerous articles saying that saying "happy holiday" on December 24th is inclusive of Hannuakkah, even though IT WAS A #^#%#%#% MONTH PRIOR!. So, it's the C word. |
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