War on Christmas. Act One: Dickens Christmas Festival will now be known as Dickens Holiday Festival

[ohiosmith]

'Christ' Taken Out Of Christmas Festival

SAGINAW, Mich. -- Tightening budgets have forced Mt. Pleasant to take Christ out of their Christmas.

The traditional Dickens Christmas Festival has been re-named the Dickens Holiday Festival so the city can advertise in local schools.

In order to get more bang for their buck out of a thinning advertisement budget, the organization wants to put fliers in schools. For that to happen, the word “Christmas” had to be removed.

Downtown Development Coordinator Michelle Sponseller said many people are unhappy with the change.

more: http://www.wnem.com/news/14706299/detail.html

[meegbear]

1. If 'Christ' was taken out of the name of the Christmas Festival ...

wouldn't it be called the 'Dickens Mas Festival'?

[Burma Jones]

2. Which translates to Dickens Bigger Festival? I say an emphatic ole....

[AllegroRondo]

3. I prefer the Edmund Wells Holiday Festifal.

He wrote "Grate Expectations", "Barnaby Rudge", and "A Sale of Two Titties"

[meegbear]

5. I thought "A Sale of Two Titties" was written by Darles Chickens

[AllegroRondo]

6. No, he wrote "Smithwick Stapers"

or was that Charles Dikkens with two Ks, the well known Dutch author?

[Parche]

4. DICKens

Is this a SEX thread? :shrug: :hi:

[KamaAina]

7. Will the main attraction now be known as "A Holiday Carol"?

"The Flying Spaghetti Monster bless us, every one!" :sarcasm: