No Christian Holidays Allowed

Here's an article from Christianophobie, linked at Le Salon Beige, about the European Commission's new daily planner that does not mention Christian holidays, but notes just about every other religion:

The European Commission produced more than three million copies of a planner for secondary schools that contains no reference to Christmas, but includes Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim holidays.

The page for December 25 is empty and at the bottom is the following message:

"A true friend is someone who shares your worries and your joy". It would be hard to find something more "religiously" correct!

The calendar includes Muslim Hindu, Sikh, Jewish holidays. Among others... Not to mention Europe Day and other key dates of the EU. No Christian holiday is mentioned even though Christianity is the religion of most Europeans. Johanna Touzel, spokesperson for COMECE (Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union) found the planner "unbelievable". A spokesperson for the European Commission spoke of an "error". He pointed out that future editions of this planner would not mention any religious holiday...

Remove everything rather than speak of Christmas!

Here are two reactions from LSB readers:

- Unfortunately, when you denounce the totalitarian and anti-Christian nature of many aspects of the EU, there are always some Christians who see only virtues, like fraternity among peoples, and say that the EU project is one illustration of Christ's message...

- Why should they try to impose, at any cost, Christian roots and holidays that are completely alien to their own values (assuming they have values), on a criminal, Marxist and internationalist organization.

There is nothing shocking about this. I would even go so far as to say that I prefer that no Christian symbol be associated with these people, of whom we know nothing.

Note: The second comment comes closer to what I feel. Better no association between Christian heritage and the current nation-destroying, freedom-destroying, open-borders promoting, atheist, totalitarian European Union.