Hallmark, the Kansas Cy greetg rd pany, eded the lyrics of "Deck the Halls" on one of s ornaments to om the word 'gay' om the classic rol, reported.
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- HALLMARK NIX ‘GAY’ OM CHRISTMAS ROL LYRIC ON ORNAMENT
- WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
- GAY CHRISTMAS CARDS
- WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
HALLMARK NIX ‘GAY’ OM CHRISTMAS ROL LYRIC ON ORNAMENT
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WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
Hallmark, the Kansas Cy greetg rd pany, eded the lyrics of "Deck the Halls" on one of s 2013 ornaments to om the word 'gay' and has received cricism on s Facebook page that puts the pany an unfaiar posn of fendg a product.
GAY CHRISTMAS CARDS
The origal rol verse go: "Don we now our gay apparel. One post read, "Hallmark is suatg that gay people drs differently than anyone else.
If I were gay, I would be more upset wh that. Everyone will be on the joke, " the webse's scriptn pany, which is more known for apolil greetg rds wishg a boss a happy retirement, issued a statement to media outlets explag the history of the song datg back to the 1880s, a time "when "gay" meant ftive or merry.
WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
"Merrie cherryAn extravaganza of the supernatural, all thgs sweet and larger-than-life stum, many LGBTQ Amerins like Roberts hail Halloween as "gay Christmas. " But the ntemporary excement around the supernatural holiday has a long history wh the LGBTQ morn phrase "gay Christmas" actually stems om an earlier queer nickname for the holiday, "bch Christmas, " acrdg to Marc Ste, a profsor of history at San Francis State Universy, and thor of "Cy of Sisterly and Brotherly Lov. "Durg the 1950s and '60s, Philalphia's LGBTQ muny celebrated "bch Christmas" by drsg up drag and partyg the cy's gay bars, Ste said.
"Followg the wave of LGBTQ activism and visibily sparked by the 1969 Stonewall rts, more formal versns of queer Halloween celebratns began poppg up "gayborhoods" around the untry. " As a gay man, he scribed Halloween as one of the only tim a year growg up when he was not "ostracized or punished or cricized for havg the flamboyant, creative tennci.