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JSAD
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There would be the name Christ in the festival .
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JSAD
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No one will ask you for your joy. If you say you are christian and christ gives you joy …will someone get offended because if that?
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1ke
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It seems they are calling it what it is. A winter party.
It’s not a Christmas party if it’s not celebrating Christmas.
Well, we live in a multicultural world. Jews are currently celebrating Hanukkah. They don’t mind if the work party isn’t called a Hanukkah party, because they know not everyone celebrates Hanukkah.
You can have a Christmas party with your Catholic friends.In their efforts to try to not offend anyone to call it like so, they are actually offending me, the Catholic one lol.
I think you get too easily offended.
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CatholicInHolland
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I get offended too easily? Lol no. Try living in Holland, one of the most atheist countries in the world, for 3 seconds, you will develop a very thick skin darling 
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I just noticed with the whole Winter party thing, the world is wandering away from God more and more.
Are you a Catholic if I may ask?
.I just noticed with the whole Winter party thing, the world is wandering away from God more and more.
Are you a Catholic if I may ask?
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1ke
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I was referring to your statement directly above, that you were offended.
I’ve been there. I have friends who live there. Yes, Holland is very secular. Which is why I don’t understand your surprise or concern about having a “winter party”.
Yes. I am.
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LittleFlower
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Here is a thought:
It’s not a Christmas party. We are still liturgically in Advent. Christmas parties happen during Christmastide.
You are attending a secular Christmas party, because generally Catholics wouldn’t have them right now. We are meant to be preparing for Christ’s birth, and not prematurely celebrating it or else we wouldn’t have Advent.
Kendra puts it really well here:
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It’s not a Christmas party. We are still liturgically in Advent. Christmas parties happen during Christmastide.
You are attending a secular Christmas party, because generally Catholics wouldn’t have them right now. We are meant to be preparing for Christ’s birth, and not prematurely celebrating it or else we wouldn’t have Advent.
Kendra puts it really well here:
Advent: How We Try to Celebrate Things in Their Proper Season Without Feeling Like Total Jerks - Catholic All Year
Now that Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls are behind us, I’m going to make like the mall and jump right in to Christmas. Thanksgiving schmanksgiving, amitrie? (I’m kidding, we do celebrate Thanksgiving. In fact this year we’ll be having 15-16 family members at our house for Thanksgiving...
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CatholicInHolland
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Fair enough 
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1ke
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Oh, and Happy Sinterklaas. It’s St. Nicholas day tomorrow!
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CatholicInHolland
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Hihi, wow you know! Thanks!
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Sarcelle
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I would go to a Hanukkah party.
I’ve been to the breaking of the Ramadan fast and a Diwali party.
I don’t get offended by people celebrating their holidays.
Let me ask my Hindu and Muslim work colleagues to see if they would be offended if they were invited to a Christmas party.
I’ve been to the breaking of the Ramadan fast and a Diwali party.
I don’t get offended by people celebrating their holidays.
Let me ask my Hindu and Muslim work colleagues to see if they would be offended if they were invited to a Christmas party.
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ThinkingSapien
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I don’t think it’s just politics.What do you guys think? I don’t wanna go. To political correct for me…
That’s been par for the course for me; I work with lots of people that don’t necessarily celebrate Christmas; that comes with living in a culturally diverse environment. Our party isn’t always in December. Sometimes it is in January. It’s an approach that I think can be better appreciated if/when you work in an environment in which Christianity isn’t the majority religion. I worked in such an office once and around the time of the major non-Christian religious holidays that most of the people in my department celebrated the company might host a meal with no particular title or purpose mentioned. Had they labeled the meal as in celebration of specific non-Christian gods or events from non-Christian religions then there would have been some people that either would not want to participate or were duty bound by their religion not to participate.
For the corporate sponsored parties that I have been to there isn’t anything Christ themed that I recall. So long as there was good food, alcohol, and music people participated and enjoyed it.
Then it sounds like they are not celebrating Christ. It sounds appropriate to not call it a Christmas party.
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Irishmom2
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So there you go. Why are you expecting a Christmas party from a bunch of people that are most likely atheists? They are celebrating a secular version of Christmas. So secular, they are calling it Winter.
Do not be offended, the party is not for Jesus anyway.
Do not be offended, the party is not for Jesus anyway.
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TheLittleLady
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It is winter, so, I cannot see why having a winter party is offensive.
Remember, there are people of many other faiths and we are commanded to be kind. We are commanded to love
Read 1 Corinthians chapter 13.
Love bears all things, endures all things, love does not seek it’s own interest.
Remember, there are people of many other faiths and we are commanded to be kind. We are commanded to love
Read 1 Corinthians chapter 13.
Love bears all things, endures all things, love does not seek it’s own interest.
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TheLittleLady
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“Holidays” = “Holy Days”. This season is full of Holy Days and it is wonderful to acknowledge them!
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Sbee0
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It’s a secular Christmas party not a celebration of the feast of Christmas (which isn’t until December 25 anyway). Secular Christmas isn’t quite the same as the feast of Christmas as we Christians know it.
It’s fine to go. I’ve been to many parties of the former and they are usually called “Holiday party”. Now if “Winter Party” is more of a pagan celebration of the winter solstice then I wouldn’t go.
It’s fine to go. I’ve been to many parties of the former and they are usually called “Holiday party”. Now if “Winter Party” is more of a pagan celebration of the winter solstice then I wouldn’t go.
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MrZoom
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Amen! Don’t forget Immaculate Conception this Saturday!
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DignumEtJustum
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I wouldn’t go. If asked I would explain that I don’t celebrate “winter.” Of course I have almost always worked in a public union environment, have rarely gotten along when something comes up that I disagree with, and have never really “needed” my jobs.
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PickyPicky
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Shouldn’t you celebrate winter? Not for me to say, but I had thought celebrating the seasons was common in Christianity.
As to the party, when I worked such events were called Christmas parties because we thought of this time of the year as being the time for celebrating Christmas (yes, I know it’s really Advent). Like Christmas presents and Christmas tv shows and Christmas pudding — only tangentially relevant to the religious festival, but part of the social year.
I suppose it’s possible people of other religions and none might be offended by calling it a Christmas Party, although I would have doubted that until I read the OP, with someone somehow offended at calling a party in the winter a Winter Party. Lighten up would be my advice.
As to the party, when I worked such events were called Christmas parties because we thought of this time of the year as being the time for celebrating Christmas (yes, I know it’s really Advent). Like Christmas presents and Christmas tv shows and Christmas pudding — only tangentially relevant to the religious festival, but part of the social year.
I suppose it’s possible people of other religions and none might be offended by calling it a Christmas Party, although I would have doubted that until I read the OP, with someone somehow offended at calling a party in the winter a Winter Party. Lighten up would be my advice.
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Sleepy2
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Happy solstice my religious friend…
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