"And so it begins again -- the annual effort to neuter Christmas, to insist in the name of ''inclusiveness' and ''sensitivity' that a Christian holiday celebrated by something like 90 percent of Americans not be called by its proper name or referred to in religious terms. We all know the drill by now. Instead of ''Merry Christmas,' store clerks wish you a ''happy holiday.' Schools close for winter break. Your office throws a holiday party."All true, and perhaps, like Jacoby, you find this trend upsetting. Unfortunately, Jacoby never makes the most obvious point of all. The Grinch in this story are Christians. If Christmas is being turned into a non-denominational winter holiday it is because that's what some Christians want.
And it strikes me as more than a little bit odd for a Jew like Jacoby to be inserting himself into what is essentially a intramural Christian squabble.