Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
Dec 8th 2012, 3:38 am
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Dec 8th 2012, 3:55 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
It's the formal name of the holiday, after all, isn't it? Not calling it Christmas, when you mean Christmas, is a bit like asking someone to pass the salt and then getting upset because you really wanted the gravy. Words mean things.
When I mean "happy [Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice, St. Sylvester's Day, etc]", I say "Happy Holidays". When I mean "happy [Christmas]", I say "Merry Christmas". This is just not rocket surgery
Dec 8th 2012, 4:44 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
It used to be a Christian holiday, but just as the 4th century Church co-opted various pagan holidays celebrating the winter solstice, so has modern-day business co-opted the December holiday to re-create a secular holiday celebrating shopping.
It's 'back to the future', so to speak and the pagans have it once again.
Regards, JEff
It's 'back to the future', so to speak and the pagans have it once again.
Regards, JEff
Dec 8th 2012, 5:11 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
Guess what, we atheists don't catch on fire when we pronounce the name of the Lord. Some of us even enjoy singing Christmas carols.
It's the formal name of the holiday, after all, isn't it? Not calling it Christmas, when you mean Christmas, is a bit like asking someone to pass the salt and then getting upset because you really wanted the gravy. Words mean things.
When I mean "happy [Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice, St. Sylvester's Day, etc]", I say "Happy Holidays". When I mean "happy [Christmas]", I say "Merry Christmas". This is just not rocket surgery
It's the formal name of the holiday, after all, isn't it? Not calling it Christmas, when you mean Christmas, is a bit like asking someone to pass the salt and then getting upset because you really wanted the gravy. Words mean things.
When I mean "happy [Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice, St. Sylvester's Day, etc]", I say "Happy Holidays". When I mean "happy [Christmas]", I say "Merry Christmas". This is just not rocket surgery
Yer know what....I didn't say you did. I just wonder why people get all bent out of shape about something so simple...
Dec 8th 2012, 5:35 am
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Dec 8th 2012, 5:40 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
It's Santa's birthday. Whats not to like?
Dec 8th 2012, 5:54 am
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Dec 8th 2012, 5:56 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
Santa is Father Christmas middle name.
Father S. Christmas.
Father S. Christmas.
Dec 8th 2012, 6:07 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
I am less cynical than Jeff, I think of it as a secular family centred holiday, shopping optional.
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Dec 8th 2012, 6:52 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
Dec 8th 2012, 8:20 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
What a miserable bunch, why would you, having no religion, wish someone who might be religious, a happy, or merry religious holiday in a religion that might not apply to them. They are probably the same people who claim that they are never the foreigners, where ever they are.
(not you personally)
Dec 8th 2012, 8:30 am
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
Dec 8th 2012, 8:46 am
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