"Krone" commentary
“Winter festival” instead of Christmas
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Since the days of Bruno Kreisky, the Scandinavians have always been a role model for us Austrians in many respects: for example with regard to the welfare state or in terms of liberalism and tolerance in society.
The fact that this liberalism can also take on grotesque forms is something we are currently hearing again in the run-up to Christmas: there is actually a discussion in Sweden and Finland as to whether Christmas can still be called "Christmas" and whether it is still permitted to use Christian symbols and names in public places, such as schools.
ON THE ONE HAND, it may be politically correct not to bother people from other cultures with other religions with our Christian traditions.
Anticipatory obedience
ON THE OTHER hand, it is nothing more than anticipatory obedience towards immigrants who are unable to integrate - for example from the Islamic world - when large furniture companies no longer talk about Christmas campaigns but about those for the "winter festival", when Swedish industrial companies recommend that their employees only say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas", and when Christmas carols referring to the baby Jesus are no longer to be sung in Finnish schools.
It should finally be clear that all those who immigrate to Europe must also be prepared to accept European Christian traditions.
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