Many of the songs played only during November and December are not Christmas songs, but are cold weather songs. Think about the lyrics to Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, Sleigh Ride, Let it Snow, Frosty the Snowman. No references to Christmas. Should Christians take offense when these songs are played?
I am reminded on one of my favorite cartoons from Gary Larson’s The Far Side. Two saber-tooth tigers were reclining with paws behind their heads. Next to them was a pile of human bones and a club.
The caption: “I’ve heard all kinds of sounds come out of these pink, hairless things, but ‘Yabba Dabba Doo’ is a new one on me.”
Well, there is the traditional reference to the Russian bear. Edward P. Bear, a/k/a Pooh, was a bear of very little brain.