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Hey Chris .. other good folks ..

 

> Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.

 

Happy I am to see this .. I wanna say that in all the years that I have

been a member of this list this is the FIRST .. and I hope the LAST ..

year that I have seen people avoiding the subject of CHRISTmas.

 

Long ago I wrote that Alternative and Complementary Treatment News

Groups tend to draw some folks who are searching for themselves and feel

that in order to find themselves they must reject the old in order to be

with what they consider to be the current In Crowd .. that is .. the

Politically Correct Crowd! I hope to live long to see this change but I

think it might not happen because it seems to be more prominent each

year. What this and other similar lists are about is natural healing ..

they are not about New Age CRAP! When this list becomes too New Age I

will get the heck off of it.

 

I see those who wish to discuss their feelings about Christmas fearing

to do same .. fearing that they will be criticized by the Politically

Correct IN Crowd! This is a FIRST for this list!

 

Such lists can discuss all the religions except Christianity and be

excepted by the group .. Buddhism is IN .. WICAN is IN .. WITCHCRAFT is

IN .. CHINESE TRADITIONAL this and that are in .. JUDAISM and ISLAM are

in. Not one person on these lists will criticize posts in support of

such religions (nor should they) .. but Christianity and Christian

holidays are NOT Politically Correct!

 

Promoting this or that race (Black, Asian, Native American, etc.,) and

how they were crapped on is IN .. but don't mention anything that the

Caucasian (generally Western countries) have done for the world or you

might be branded as a racist or chauvinist. This, along with avoidance

of discussion of Christian holidays makes no sense! This list is NOT

about Religion or Race but its also not designed to be a forum for those

whose think there is a connection between Political Correctness and

natural Alternative or Complementary self treatments using Herbs or

Essential Oils.

 

Those who think this is all New Age are only fooling themselves! And ..

odds are they have a CHRISTmas tree lit in their home right now and if

their children are young enough, odds are that they were waiting for a

visit from the Jolly Ol' Elf last night. If folks try to teach their

children too early that there is no Santa Claus (say the Psychologists)

then they are stealing much youthful hope and exuberance from the

little yonkers. How many faces do we need and do we think youngsters

can deal effectively with their peers if we try to make them totally

logical and teach them to avoid Fairy Tales?

 

Those of you who followed Santa's travels on the North American Air

Defense Command (NORAD) site and then sent an e-mail to the North Pole

received a reply that told your yonkers that Santa's reindeer can fly

because they eat a magic corn .. the major ingredient in that corn, says

the e-mail .. is LOVE .. NOT LOGIC!

 

In order to preempt any comments about me being insensitive (a normal

knee jerk reaction for those who have their heads where the sun don't

shine) my Mother was a Jewish lady (God Bless her).. my step-father was

Cherokee .. in my life I have been married to a BAD American Christian,

then a SWEET Vietnamese Buddhist (RIP), then a CONFUSED Turkish Moslem

for 21 + years (who is now a Christian) and now to a very Beautiful and

Kind and Sweet Russian lady who (by political circumstances) was forced

to be an underground Christian but publicly an Atheist for 2/3 of her

life. I was raised a Suthran Fried Baptist but have been (for 7+ years)

a devout follower of the Native American path, and it confounds me when

I see folks willing to honor minority cultures, races and religions but

at the same time they are reluctant to step forward and publicly honor

ALL cultures, races and religions .. to include Western cultures .. and

Christianity. White Anglo Saxons are NOT a majority of this world's

population but as a single group Christians are a majority .. still, it

appears that the Western or Christian groups are the only religious

groups that are on the so-called faddish Politically Incorrect list!

http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

 

> Brightest, blessed holiday wishes to all who are celebrating, whatever

> holidays you are celebrating :)

 

Right you are .. and I am celebrating CHRISTmas .. been celebrating it

for three days now. We did a Turkish Christian CHRISTmas party on

Friday night .. did the Asian European CHRISTmas Party sponsored by the

Russian Embassy here in Ankara last night .. great traditional dances

from a dozen countries, etc., and tonight we had a far more than just

traditional 12 course gourmet CHRISTmas dinner at the Ankara Hilton ..

which is something that I can afford to do maybe 2 times a year. ;-)

BUT .. it was worth it as their Chef is outfrigginstanding!!!!

 

On 31 December we intend to celebrate the traditional Western New Year

celebration .. tis not the same New Year that is accepted by those in

some other countries so those who want to remain Politically Correct

should do some homework afore they offer New Year greetings. On 7

January we will celebrate the Russian Orthodox CHRISTmas. And as long

as we are living where we live now .. we will also celebrate the Moslem

Festival of Sacrifice and Ramazan and the other public holidays here ..

as well as the American Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Mother's Day,

Father's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving

and St. Patrick's Day .. and the Russian Woman's Day and Teachers Day.

 

In my opinion .. those who wish to be Politically Correct should be

careful to not be narrow minded .. to not SIGNIFY and NEGLECT those

holidays that other people believe are significant.

 

But .. who I am I? I'm just a logical, international Redneck Kuntry Boy

who intends to teach his son a lot more than his father was taught about

tolerance (and science) and a heckuva lot about being a realist and

telling it like it is rather than how some folks would like to hear it!

 

I'm still sending CHRISTmas e-mails to all the folks I know. I won't

start again till later because its like 0300 in the morning here now,

but count on any greetings I send being CHRISTmas greetings!

 

My recommendation for those who are confused as to what they should be

or want to be is .. listen to only those folks who are as confused as

you are .. those who will tell it like you think you want to hear it.

And if my message disturbs them .. then they shouldn't buy my products.

 

> *Smile*

> Chris (list mom)

> http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

In the meantime .. for those who are not afraid to hear from folks who

are not hung up on being Politically Correct, I send our best wishes

(our being Tanya and I and my team at AVNP) for a Very Merry Christmas

and a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous and TOLERANT New Year .. with Lots of

Good Reasons to Smile. I hope Santa Claus was good to you all. :-)

 

Butch & Tanya http://www.AV-AT.com

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