Where have all the carols gone?

*Starting with a side note here: I hate Christmas carols so this may seem strange that I am ranting that they are missing. Also I am not a religious person and don’t have much time for organised religions so again this rant could sound weird*

Its that time of year where all the TV stations start flogging their Christmas ads, having celebrities wish us a safe Christmas, school kids screaming at the cameras about how excited they are.
But have you noticed something?
There are no carols being sung at us by school kids, church choirs or anyone.
What? You haven’t noticed?
Remember, every year you scramble for the remote to turn off the volume during ad brakes to avoid the screaming 10 year olds as they belt out Silent Night.
But what do we have this year?
We have kids shouting down the camera about Santa and presents and buying gifts and eating lollies and so on. But there is no mention of what Christmas is about…..you know…the whole birth of Christ thing.
That’s right, watch your TV and you will find no mention of the religious signifance of Christmas, Jesus or anything

So my question is, why?
Why don’t I hear the strangled voices of teens with breaking voices trying to sing Away in the Manger?
Why am I being rob of complaining about stupid carols being flogged on tv?

I have 2 theories.

A TV stations have become so commercial driven that all they want to portray is “must spend money” and Christmas is just one big Sale catalog. Which as most of us know, that pretty much what Christmas has become to retailers as they put up their Christmas decos in September. But there was always a mention or acknowledgment that it is about celebrating the birth of Christ.
or
B We have become so caught up in political correctness and “mustn’t upset the minority” that TV stations have made a conscious decision that what ever they do, don’t mention Jesus or God or anything that could be portrayed as religious.

Now my thoughts are leaning on the B option. I do think that we have become a culture that if it up sets (or has the potential to) 1 out of 1000 people, we mustn’t do it.
And you know what? That’s just screwed up.
I am so sick and tired of things changing to suit the 1% that would be upset. And every time we do change to keep the peace, all we are doing is breeding fear into everyone else.
Now as I said at the beginning, I hate Christmas and carols and I really couldn’t give the time of day to organised religion but taking away any mention of the religious part of Christmas is just down right idiotic.
As our Regional Manager said to the Counter hand “See that bag of cement? Grab a spoonful and harden the fuck up.”