apologize for Christmas?

This morning I was glancing through some of the entries from different places, and I read somewhere that a correspondent apologized for saying "Christmas" and it got me to thinking...Why does someone have to apologize for saying "Christmas"? Is there something offensive about it? Well if you go by the dictionary the word offensive means "causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying"....

And if you look at the true message of this season is that it is the birth of the One who told us in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth and the life"....notice how He says it...the way (not one of many), the truth (not a philosophy), and the life (the only way we are rescued from death-and not by our own efforts" and this is something that certainly brings displeasure, irritation, anger, or annoyance....especially in 21st century America where "tolerance", "self-reliance" and "multi-culturism" reign supreme...

I guess that is why so many are trying to get rid of any celebration of this time of year...because it reminds us of what we really needed and the One who provided it for us...Apologize for Christmas...no way! We should be actually down on our knees thanking God that "He so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son" (John 3:16) to save us from ourselves and if there is an apology owed, it should be our apology to God for our sins and the acceptance of the free gift of salvation!