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How far is it going to go? Being 'Politically Correct' has gone too far in my opinion. They, and I'm not sure who the proverbial 'they' are, have now decided that most everything about Christmas and the holidays is wrong in some way. First item that came to my attention was Santa, yes, the jolly fat man himself, you know the one in a red velvet suit, well he shouldn't be saying HO HO HO! it is deragatory towards a certain section of the population of women. So what should he be saying HE HE HE, oopps no, that would be an insult to men? women? who? I'll get back to you on that one. Or maybe he should say HA HA HA, oh, no, wait that would sound like he was laughing AT people, not with them. So, how about if we just leave Santa alone, after all he's been saying HO HO HO for hundreds of years (long before HO alone meant anything) and noone, particularly women were insulted by this. After all, as I recall it was my mother, that took me and my sister for pictures with Santa. Speaking of Santa, the jolly fat man, I'm thinking he doesn't want to join Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem or any other weight loss program. I'm thinking he's pretty happy with getting to eat all the cookies he can on Christmas Eve, and not even have to feel guilty about it the next morning! If Santa did become 'health' concious, and did loose all the weight, well then we would have to re-write Christmas stories, because his belly would no longer shake like a bowl full of jelly. And Mrs. Claus would have to take up all of Santa's red suits, which I'm sure there is something politically incorrect about red velvet worn by a man, I am just not sure what, yet. But, hey, give them time, they will tell us what is wrong with that picture. Not only have they found Santa to be politically incorrect, but the very thought of having a real tree in our homes is now a cause for horror. How non-ecofriendly can we be? Beside the fact that real trees have been cut and displayed in homes for centuries, and oh my gosh, there are still forests Virginia. Beside the fact that real trees are painstakingly chosen each year to be displayed in the White House, and have been for hundreds of years. Hundreds, if not thousands of people travel to see the huge Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, which by the way is a real tree, are going to be told what, that from now on they can all travel from far and wide to see an artificial tree? If going after Santa and Christmas trees are not enough, now we are informed that we should be insulted if someone tells us Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukka, or any number of other greetings during the holiday season. I suppose we could all learn to say Merry Happy Hanukka Holidays, and for any that I have left out, we can just add those too. Of course I am sure we could come up with some type of acronym, you know, MHHH or M3H, well you get the idea. Since all the Hollywood writers are on strike now, I have a suggestion, so they don't get bored. They can start re-writing all the Christmas movies. How politically incorrect are those! First, now I realize that it's a classic, but come on, A Christmas Carol, well first the ghosts have to be re-done. The ghost of Christmas past, why is that particular ghost always a woman? The spirit of Christmas Present, I am not sure that 'spirit' is actually politically correct. Instead, maybe they could consider just playing videos of past Christmas', and just refer to it as Christmas Past In Review, A look at Christmas present, and Christmas Future predictions. Opps, no that's not right either, I used that C word. Ok ok I have it, it could be December 25th Past Reviews, December 25th The Current Year, and December 25th of the Future, that about covers it. Now, about Miracle on 34th Street, that is so politically incorrect for the fact that the Judicial system has tagged Santa as a elderly person with some type of dementia, that's profiling isn't it? And that is wrong. It's a Wonderful Life, well now, that just wreaks of incorrectness, first the Angel, I'm not sure everyone believes in angels, so maybe that part should be a Doctor, who then good just give George some type of anti-depressant and it would all be good, no wait, that would stir up the mental health professionals. Oh I give up, I for one will go right on putting a real, cut, non-ecofriendly tree in my living room every Christmas, and decorating it with lights and tinsel. I will go right on hanging stockings (which that's a whole other issue) for Santa to fill on Christmas Eve, and I'll be leaving him some cookies and milk, eat all you want to Santa. I will continue to tell friends and strangers alike, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Season's Greetings, if that offends someone, get over it, but I promise it will not offend me to be greeted with any of the above. I will continue to watch all the Christmas classics, just as they are. Because if we continue on the path of Political Correctness pretty soon we will be a nation of non-speaking people, afraid of offending someone somewhere, and the only thing on television will be the weather, which we all know how 'correct' that can be.