Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
#1Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/25/17 at 11:52amI hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas Morning!
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
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Theater Workers for a Ceasefire
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sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#4Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/25/17 at 12:11pmMerry Christmas!
Just give the world Love.
#6Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/25/17 at 4:38pm
Merry Christmas? This is 2017 you racist bigots. I believe the term is Happy Holidays.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Cat Guy
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/17
#7Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/25/17 at 4:48pm
qolbinau said: "Merry Christmas? This is 2017 you racist bigots. I believe the term is Happy Holidays."
Enough of that. Give it a rest.
#8Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/25/17 at 11:39pm
M e R r Y C h R i S t M a S!
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#9Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/27/17 at 10:31am
I'm an atheist, but until the past few months I never had the slightest problem saying or hearing "Merry Christmas." For one thing, it's a national holiday as well as (for some) a religious one; for another, why should anyone take offense that someone is wishing them something good? And so I thought that those atheists (and others) who took offense were just being silly.
However, Trump has changed all that. He has made "Merry Christmas" into exactly what those silly atheists always thought it was: a deliberate affront to people who don't agree with Christian beliefs. When I hear a stranger say "Merry Christmas" now, I can't help but think there's a possibility they might be Trump supporters who are really saying "**** you, atheist." Of course, there's a much greater chance they're wishing me a nice holiday, but the phrase is now forever tainted. For that reason, I don't say it and I don't respond to it, and I'd encourage thoughtful people to do the same, as a rebuke to Trump and his garbage supporters.
#10Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/27/17 at 11:05am
You "can't help but think" it?
Hashtag Libertarian problems!
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#11Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/27/17 at 11:27am
The thread was wishing Merry Christmas... on Christmas Day.
Don't read into something that was meant to be friendly, it's not worth.
#12Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/27/17 at 1:42pm
themysteriousgrowl said: "You "can't help but think" it?
Hashtag Libertarian problems!"
It's not a big issue, but there are lots of things we discuss on here that aren't big issues. :)
I'm a libertarian, but I think functionally I'm a radical leftist in the era of Trump. I would hope that progressives would like that!
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#13Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/27/17 at 2:47pm
kdogg36 said: "Of course, there's a much greater chance they're wishing me a nice holiday, but the phrase is now forever tainted. For that reason, I don't say it and I don't respond to it,."
If only you could have demonstrated how you don't respond to it in this thread.
#14Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/28/17 at 9:30am
UncleCharlie said: "If only you could have demonstrated how you don't respondto it in this thread."
I don't see any reason to avoid typing out my opinions on a thread if they're relevant. I do try to avoid hostile responses to other posters, though.
#15Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/28/17 at 9:31am
[I apologize for the duplicate!]
Updated On: 12/28/17 at 09:31 AM
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#16Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/28/17 at 10:16am
"When I hear a stranger say "Merry Christmas" now, I can't help but think there's a possibility they might be Trump supporters who are really saying "**** you, atheist." Of course, there's a much greater chance they're wishing me a nice holiday, but the phrase is now forever tainted.
Sorry that this nice greeting is now tainted for you. People wishing it to you have no idea you are an atheist and are just trying to be nice. Many years ago, I wished a stranger "Merry Christmas" and he replied "Happy Hanukkah" to me . I had no idea the man was Jewish and just smiled and wished him a "Happy Hanukkah". I look back now and think this is great example of how people can express their differences in a nice way. In your situation, if people wished me a Merry Christmas I would just say thank you and move on.
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#17Merry Christmas Broadwayworld!
Posted: 12/28/17 at 10:17am
Thanks for your wishes. It was a wonderful holiday with my family.
