Dear Editor,
Christmas is a time for families coming together and promoting the message of peace, love and harmony.
Recently, I had an opportunity to attend the Christmas concert/celebration at my grandchildren’s elementary school. The children seemed to be very enthusiastic and proud to put on this event for their, parents, grandparents, guests and school officials.
It was a very enjoyable occasion. I would like to commend these children, their teachers and parents for putting it on.
However, during the past few years, the political correctness seems to have gone too far.
Sometime, people appear to be rather hesitant to wish each other merry Christmas. Often, they tend to substitute it with happy holidays.
Christmas is not only a religious celebration for Christians, but also a mainstream celebration.
Multiculturalism doesn’t mean that we take away from our traditions but rather add to them. If we can convey greetings to each other on other religious occasions why not on Christmas?
Often, minority communities get blamed for such political correctness. However, most of the time, it is certain over enthusiastic individuals/organizations from the majority /mainstream communities who get carried away and engage in this practice.
A vast majority of immigrants are very respectful of our traditions with very few exceptions. We should feel proud to wish each other merry Christmas around Christmas time as we do for other religious occasions.
Inclusiveness is one of the most cherished ideals of this nation. As such, we should make every effort to be inclusive and respectful of all of our traditions including Christmas greetings.
Merry Christmas!
Balwant Sanghera
Richmond
