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In The Trouble with Christmas Tom Flynn challenges America's most popular sacred cow. Alternately outrageous, satirical, and thoughtful, this rollicking critique calls Christmas to account. How many holiday traditions are authentically Christian? (Next to none.). Does the contemporary Christmas holiday have ancient roots? (Hardly. It was largely invented by six eminent Victorians.). Is the Santa Claus myth unhealthy for children? (Yes, Virginia.). Are Christmas critics discriminated against? (Is "Scrooge" an insult?). What is the future of Christmas as America becomes a multicultural, multifaith society? (Educators should start sweating now.). The Trouble with Christmas is not only for curmudgeons, but for citizens,
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In The Trouble with Christmas Tom Flynn challenges America's most popular sacred cow. Alternately outrageous, satirical, and thoughtful, this rollicking critique calls Christmas to account. How many holiday traditions are authentically Christian? (Next to none.). Does the contemporary Christmas holiday have ancient roots? (Hardly. It was largely invented by six eminent Victorians.). Is the Santa Claus myth unhealthy for children? (Yes, Virginia.). Are Christmas critics discriminated against? (Is "Scrooge" an insult?). What is the future of Christmas as America becomes a multicultural, multifaith society? (Educators should start sweating now.). The Trouble with Christmas is not only for curmudgeons, but for citizens, parents, teachers, and freethinkers of every stripe. Anyone curious about the origins and future of one of the Western world's most celebrated holidays will find something of interest in this provocative book.

This book addresses the need for the holiday to realize that it is not for everyone. Author Flynn discusses how Christmas has been tolerated by Jews and atheists, but other non-Christians won't be as accommodating as their numbers grow. He believes that social traditions need to be redefined to meet the growing number of people totally outside the Christmas celebration.

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Flynn, the associate editor of Free Inquiry and an avowed atheist, has written an argument for the downsizing of Christmas as a national holiday in view of the diverse nature of America's population. Providing extensive footnotes, Flynn devotes approximately half of this work to dispelling any ``fond notions'' anyone may have about Christmas, from Jesus and Santa to Christmas trees to poinsettias. The second portion of the book, which deals with the difficulties of celebrating Christmas in a democratic, multicultural society, raises an important issue: There are many who choose not to celebrate Christmas; thus, continuing to expect everyone to participate in or be tolerant of a religious holiday in which they do not believe is unrealistic and undemocratic. Flynn's point is valid, but a better alternative to reducing the holiday might be to educate those who observe it in the needs and concerns of those who do not.-- Joanna M. Thompson, Bluefield State Coll . , Bluefield, W . Va.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780879758486
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
  • Publication date: 10/28/1993
  • Pages: 1
  • Product dimensions: 6.05 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.79 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface: Humbug Indeed! 9
Pt. 1 The Trouble with Christmas Past and Present
1 A Feast of Trouble 15
2 Confessions of an Anti-Claus 25
3 The Age Before Christmas 36
4 Trick or Tree 44
5 The Babe and the Bathwater 53
6 A Nick in Time 73
7 Christians versus Christmas 85
8 Back From the Dead 96
9 He Knows When You Are Sleeping 109
10 Ho Ho Ho? No No No! 128
Pt. 2 The Trouble with Christmas Present and Yet to Come
Introduction: Trouble Ahead 155
11 Christmas and the Old Outsiders: The Jews 158
12 Christmas and the Old Outsiders: The Infidels 177
13 Christmas and the New Outsiders 199
14 Confrontation in the Classroom 212
15 A Word to Infidels 231
Epilogue: Don't Worry, Be Merry! 241

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 6, 2002

    Ho Ho Ho? No! No! No!

    I don't celebrate Christmas. If this makes me a 'Scrooge' or a 'Grinch', then maybe you should take a look at chapter 9... Tom Flynn's book will be of great interest to anyone who has ever thought that maybe Christmas isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Muslims and Athiests are a diverse group, but the one thing they have in common is not 'fitting' in during the biggest party of the year. Mr. Flynn covers all the basics: lying to you children about Santa is not only wrong, but pointless (why not let your kids love YOU for buying those gifts?); other holidays (such as Chanukah, Kwanzaa and Yule) are forced to become as 'Christmas' as possible, almost none of the traditions associated with Christmas are Christian, Jesus wasn't even born in December, etc. In addition to this, Mr. Flynn itemizes reasons why Christmas has only in the last 100 years become such a bloated, materialistic holiday. He discusses historical figures who have had a hand in this regard. Unfortunately, Mr. Flynn closes his book by decrying religion altogether. This will probably alienate some of the very peole the book is trying to attract--such as some of the above listed groups. The final couple of chapters seem out of place and too preachy.

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