Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
Nov 20th 2015, 8:46 pm
#16
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
If anybody says, "happy holidays" to me they can naff off back to where they came from. 
Nov 20th 2015, 9:20 pm
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
I buy happy holidays cards for some people because it's funny to see them get all reactionary about it.
Nov 20th 2015, 9:24 pm
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Nov 20th 2015, 10:13 pm
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
Do people still go door to door carol singing these days?
Nov 20th 2015, 10:44 pm
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
Makes you wonder why they created the fuss by insisting on the change when nobody had been offended doesn't it 
This is what puzzles me though. How far should we take this? Wishing someone a merry xmas isn't assuming they are celebrating it.
Is it so different to saying have a nice day or have a good weekend.
What if someone doesn't want to have a nice day or they are going to do some serious religious thing over the weekend and it offends them that you might suggest they should have a good weekend?
What about atheists who don't want to have a holy day?
I don't have a religious bone in my body. Christmas is simply that time of year when people get together and exchange presents. And in the UK telly is better than other times of the year - everyone looks forward to a double issue of Radio Times.
I think for most people it has no greater religious relevance than getting married in a church. Times have changed.
So I'm in favour of having a merry xmas and I'm not offended if someone tells me Happy Hanukkah. I'll accept the good wishes intended.
This is what puzzles me though. How far should we take this? Wishing someone a merry xmas isn't assuming they are celebrating it.
Is it so different to saying have a nice day or have a good weekend.
What if someone doesn't want to have a nice day or they are going to do some serious religious thing over the weekend and it offends them that you might suggest they should have a good weekend?
What about atheists who don't want to have a holy day?
I don't have a religious bone in my body. Christmas is simply that time of year when people get together and exchange presents. And in the UK telly is better than other times of the year - everyone looks forward to a double issue of Radio Times.
I think for most people it has no greater religious relevance than getting married in a church. Times have changed.
So I'm in favour of having a merry xmas and I'm not offended if someone tells me Happy Hanukkah. I'll accept the good wishes intended.
Nov 20th 2015, 10:53 pm
#23
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
What lucky child will get one of these LEGGO synagogs, only at the Isreali store Clarke Ave East I presume ?
Nov 21st 2015, 12:19 am
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
I did a stint in local gubmint here in Qc: it was official policy - both for the written & spoken word - that one did not refer to "Christmas".
I developed over a dozen ways of saying Merry Christmas without using the C word...
I developed over a dozen ways of saying Merry Christmas without using the C word...
Nov 21st 2015, 12:44 am
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
Nov 21st 2015, 12:51 am
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
Bask in your moment of glory
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Nov 21st 2015, 12:58 am
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
