Coca-Cola used to have special Christmas-themed cases with pictures of Santa Claus on them in the 90s. They called them “Santa Packs” and had commercials singing
“Santa Packs are coming!”
Then everything got pussified in the late 90s. They still kept the picture of Santa Claus on the box but the commercial then said
“Holidays are coming!”
Fuck you, Coca-Cola! Santa Claus is on the fucking box. NO other “holidays” have Santa Claus, just one. Just say fucking Santa Claus, not “holidays”.
It’s just like the other commercials you see today (“today” for me is everything from 2012 onward). They’ll mention EVERY other holiday in existence EXCEPT Christmas. They’ll say “Have a happy Hannuka, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Winter Solstice, Muslim Armpit Festival, and happy holidays!” Say fucking Christmas.
Inclusion was never a problem. I’m from New Fucking Jersey, okay. On a clear day I can look across the little murky water thing and see New York, the most diverse place in the history of the universe. We had 400 Jew holidays that got us out of school each year. There were more ethnic holidays than non-holiday days. The problem is EXCLUSION of Christmas. Have a billion holidays if you want, just include Christmas. Say fucking Christmas. Just say it. Include it in the list of holidays. Don’t deliberately exclude the one holiday that the vast majority of people celebrate (yes, Jews in NJ celebrate Christmas because “It means I get more presents”).
I don’t even celebrate holidays. Holidays for me is shit, but I don’t exclude them. I don’t ignore reality.