Message from the Mayor
In my last blog, I talked about saying ‘Merry Christmas” while on city property! Here are some of the responses we got:
Subject: A response to Mayor Mangold I just read your message on the City of Powell website. I just wanted to say thank you, thank you, thank you! Our family so appreciates your stand on Christmas!! God bless you and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Donna SullivanDear Mayor Mangold,I love you blog on the city website especially the current one. I am in Houston right now and have read your blog to the folks here at the Angola LNG project Chevron offices, they think you are pretty cool. Thanks for not caving into political correctness, thanks for saying Christmas.Blessings to you and the city of Powell, I will be home for Christmas,Merry Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas,George SherleyDear Mr. Mayor,My son, Ian, will begin a journey from La Verne, CA, to your fair city tomorrow to start a new job next Monday. He'll be on the road over Thanksgiving instead of with us in Florida. I'd never heard of Powell so I googled your web site to see what I could learn. I read your message smiling and chuckling the whole time. If you're at all representative of the residents of Powell I think my son will be OK there and among friends!You see, my family and I spent many years in Saudi Arabia where Christianity (and religions other than Islam) is barely tolerated and Christmas is basically banned. If customs thinks you're bringing in a Christmas tree or decorations they're confiscated (we had a Christmas tree that traveled the world after being deported but that's another story.) More than one Bible, confiscated. No Christmas lights on your home or inside if visible from outside. So this recent trend of supressing Christmas while reconizing other religious occasions really bothers me. The holy month of Ramadan is still called Ramadan, Eid al Fitr didn't become the Middle-eastern feast, Kwanzaa isn't called the Afro-american holiday week so why is the Christmas season now the holiday season or winter holiday or whatever. If folks want to celebrate a religious holiday their way so be it just don't hijack mine while you're doing it. Thanks for taking a stand. And have a very Merry Christmas!! Robert Walters, Jacksonville, FL
Keep those letters coming in, folks!
mayormangold@cityofpowell.com
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