Dear Editor:
Re: Take a deep breath and celebrate, In my Opinion, by Christina Myers, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 16.
I'm one of those who greet store clerks and other store people with Merry Christmas, never Happy Holiday. Christmas is, and always has been a significant part of Canada's Christian heritage, a heritage that has been compromised far too much in recent years.
You question who "they" are, and I suggest you begin with the B.C. Teachers' Federation, an anti-Christian organization probably without equal in B.C., if not in Canada. Other religious groups in Canada do not compromise their religious festivals and frequently parade them before the public, but the Christian Church is too often criticized for the manifestation of its celebrations, especially Christmas, the plea being, this is a multicultural society.
But it is also a society that owes much to its Christian heritage, which would not have been so with a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Sikh heritage. This country owes much to its Christian heritage, and Christmas is an integral part of it, and may we long wish one another a Merry Christmas, remembering that "Jesus is the reason for the season."
A Merry Christmas to you, and may we long continue this blessed tradition.
Bernard C. Barton, by email
