[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[Lee Kaiwen]

americanghosttour:

> Wiccan We celebrate Yule. (Most of your modern Christmas
> traditions come from our ancient ones, btw.)

CJ:
> No -- debatable that most Christian traditions were originally Wiccan.
> That was the claim (see above).

Kemper now:
> The above claim was that most modern come from ancient (traditions) . 
 > Though I can see that it is easy to infer Wiccan.

The OP (americanhosttour) identified him/herself as Wiccan and then 
specifically said "OUR ancient" traditions. To my eye, that's a pretty 
explicit claim, no inference required :-). Changing "Wiccan" to "pagan" 
would make for a better (though still debatable) argument.

I also read the OP ("come from") as a claim to ownership. In fact, our 
modern Christmas traditions are a pastische of traditions far too 
complex for any single ownership claim. Saying "most modern Christian 
traditions have pagan elements" would make for an argument undeniable 
even by me :-).

CJ