2015 HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.COM NOVEMBER 25, 2015 Page 25
W
elcome to Christmas present! And it
comes to us with this year’s outrage:
plain red cups. Who knew something
so simple could be so contentious! In case
you missed the news, a world-renowned coffee
retailer has decided to sidestep the ‘Happy
Holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas” controversy
altogether by serving their beverages in plain
red cups this season. Not so long ago I might
have jumped on the bandwagon and decried
this purveyor of over-priced (my opinion,
of course) java juice as being anti-Christian.
But seriously, do
the words “Merry
Christmas” make a
cup, or a business,
or a holiday, for
that matter, more
Christian?
Now I’m no fan of cultural drift, but I wonder
if the offense we are really feeling isn’t so
much about an assault on our faith, but on our
memories. The world is devolving before our
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