That would be, "Christmas." Gasp! Oh no! I said it!
Bosses at the Eden Project tourist attraction have banned the word Christmas.
They do not want any mention of what they call the C-Word because they are worried it will offend followers of other faiths.
Management have renamed Christmas "Time of Gifts" claiming this will appeal to everyone at the domed eco project in Cornwall which gets millions of pounds in funding each year from taxpayers.
A gift shop at the site has been re-named the Great Gift Grotto.
Staff have been told to stop visitors saying Christmas.
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Eden Project spokesman Ben Harding said: "We are having a seasonal celebration so there is no need to mention the C-Word because it's a celebration for everybody."
What is really funny (and sad) is that they actually descend to the juvenile depths of referring to it as the "C-Word." As though it were some kind of profanity. Personally, I have never met a Jew or a Muslim or a Hindu who was offended by public acknowledgement of Christmas, just as I could really care less about public celebrations of Hanukkah or Ramadan. Most of us are too busy working, taking care of our families, or spending time with our friends to work ourselves into a lather about this sort of thing. Unlike the Professionally Offended corps of PC types that infest Western civilization.
They do, however, have their finger on the pulse of the latest swell of hedonistic materialism, as evidenced by their choice of the name, "Time of Gifts." Because that's what Christmas, Hannukah, Ramadan, and all the wonderful, diverse holidays from all the wonderful, diverse cultures that they long to "include" are really about. Getting things. Right. I am sure every Muslim, Sikh, and Hindu is happy to see his religion reduced to an exchange of goods, just as I, as a Christian, enjoy seeing the Nativity of Christ morphed into Santa and 50% off at JC Penny's.
Gross me out. You have my sympathies.
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