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ejpoeta

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1. i agree. Every holiday is in essence 'made up'. It might be on a certain day

Reply to Hugabear (Original post)

Sun Dec 25, 2011, 07:36 PM

Dec 2011

or to represent something like the birth or death of someone or some other thing, but it is made up.... created by someone that wanted to remember or celebrate something. Just because christmas has been around longer doesn't make it any less of a made up holiday. I get sick of people thinking THEIR belief system is the only one that matters and they can trample all over everyone else to suit themselves.

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My response to those who mock Kwanzaa as a "made-up holiday" [View all] Hugabear Dec 2011 OP

i agree. Every holiday is in essence 'made up'. It might be on a certain day ejpoeta Dec 2011 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #2

Indeed. It's all fabricated mythology, why single one out? Zhade Dec 2011 #3

It's all really a War on Festivus.. which is For the Rest of Us! nt Bigmack Dec 2011 #4

The War on Festivus does offend me ... Kennah Dec 2011 #5

Festivus is nothing compared to Chrimbus Tunkamerica Dec 2011 #17

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is also made up Kennah Dec 2011 #6

Is there a holiday that wasn't made up? tblue Dec 2011 #7

My mother always insisted Hanukkah was essentially made-up starroute Dec 2011 #8

your mother's basically right tishaLA Dec 2011 #14

Your mother was correct alcibiades_mystery Dec 2011 #23

It has the shorted history and the weakest provenance ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #9

One small correction izquierdista Dec 2011 #12

True, but there is a qualitative difference dmallind Dec 2011 #10

Give it a couple of hundred years and no one will be saying that. aikoaiko Dec 2011 #11

My personal observation is that it will be gone in another 20 years ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #13

My kids' elementary school used to include Kwanzaa songs in the holiday concert program Nye Bevan Dec 2011 #15

I understand why they say 'made up' The Straight Story Dec 2011 #16

Kwanzaa was created in 1966 DesertRat Dec 2011 #18

Ask Kwanzaa-bot REP Dec 2011 #19

Christmas as we know it was invented in the late 19th century alcibiades_mystery Dec 2011 #22

Easter is the important holiday anyway, enjoy your mid-winter feasting festival. Kurmudgeon Dec 2011 #20

...important to whom? REP Dec 2011 #21

To those who believe, whether you do or not. Kurmudgeon Jan 2012 #33

one is a celebration of solar and historic events and traditions getdown Dec 2011 #24

My response: "You're right. It is made-up." Dreamer Tatum Dec 2011 #25

All holidays are made up. Most religions are made up, hence holy-days follow that tradition. Lionessa Dec 2011 #26

Well, we celebrated Pastamas this year. MineralMan Dec 2011 #27

Institutionalized racism = anything not aligned with White privilege is fake. JackBeck Dec 2011 #28

When something associated with a minority is being critiqued, it is not automatically racism ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #29

A white person dismissing an entire subculture of a marginalized minority isn't a 'critique.' JackBeck Dec 2011 #31

But its not if I do it since I am African American... ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #32

It is made up, also it is valid as a holiday. Fact is I am older than Kwanza and Christmas Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #30