The City of Chicago would like to remind everyone this holiday season that people are a) dumber than dirt to not realize that there might be something about the holiday of Christmas at a (wait for it) Christmas festival, and b) are so easily offended that they wouldn’t be able to bear attending an open-air market sponsored by a movie about a religion different from their own.
It is important to note that the city didn’t order the festival to drop the sponsor, but they for some reason felt obliged to point it out. over-cautionary much?
*Kounelias said she finds it hard to believe that non-Christians who attended something called Christkindlmarket would be surprised or offended by the presence of posters, brochures and other advertisements of the movie.
“One would assume that if (people) were to go to Christkindlmarket, they’d know it is about Christmas,” she said.*
Think if I was the organizer of the event, I’d be looking for a new location in the future. I’m sure there are plenty of places that would love the tax income it generates.
HEY! I’ve been to that market thing! Last year. It was tacky and German, but it was pretty neat. They had really good apple cinnamon pretzels. And I bought a hat.
And yes, my word, it was all about Christmas. You know: Santa, and JESUS, and snowmen, and JESUS, and angels, and JESUS. Oh, and those wooden carvings that spin when you light candles. They had tons of those.
I don’t speak German, but it seems to me that “Christkindlmarket” would mean “Market of the Christ child.” If anyone would be offended by that name who could easily see “Christ” is part of it, they probably wouldn’t go. More political stupidity for you.
