That tops it

Apparently the Christmas pageant in Houston, where two grandchildren reside, features three languages:  English, Spanish and.....wait for it.....Ebonics. 

Yep, they do the pageant in Ebonics, the black "language" of America.  As a writer, English fanatic and grammarian, I really have no idea why the US has recognized Ebonics as some sort of official language?  Bizarre in the extreme?!  But at least they still have Christmas pageants in the odd school here and there.

Here in Calgary, unless it's a Catholic school, Christmas has poofed.  Sad.  What I don't get is that it's actually....wait for it again.....Christmas!  December 25th is still Christmas Day, regardless of whether or not some sect or other does not recognize it.  Just because one is not a Christian does not mean Christmas is cancelled.  Just because one is of some other faith does not mean December 25th is not Christmas Day.  It is.  Newspapers here are filled with coverage of Hanukkah and Eid, but Christmas is somehow verboten.  Christmas has been hijacked and we wimpy Canadians have allowed it.   

It's outrageous.  "Happy Holidays" has supplanted Christmas.  That's good, old political correctness in Canada for you.  Even the traditional Santa Claus parade has not happened in Calgary for the past three years, since -- sorry to say -- our Muslim mayor took over.  There is always some excuse -- construction, traffic, you name it -- but it's complete BS.

Join me in encouraging Christmas, please.  Can we not have our holiday?