Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
Dec 20th 2012, 6:17 am
#106
I have a comma problem
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
Dec 20th 2012, 6:20 am
#107
Mouthy Yank
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
So far this year, when someone has said "Merry Christmas" to me, I haven't really been able to respond with anything but "Thank you". So far that seems to suffice, even in the case of an obnoxious Salvation Army bell ringer the other day. It went something like this: "Merry Christmas!" "Thank you!" (glare from bell ringer, then, a little louder) "Merry Christmas!" "Uh, thank you." "What's the matter, don't you believe in Christmas?" (me, politely) "Thank you, nothing's the matter." "Everyone believes in Christmas!" (me, a little more frosty) "Oh, OK." At that he gave up and started harassing someone else.
Dec 20th 2012, 7:32 am
#108
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: CT
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
So far this year, when someone has said "Merry Christmas" to me, I haven't really been able to respond with anything but "Thank you". So far that seems to suffice, even in the case of an obnoxious Salvation Army bell ringer the other day. It went something like this: "Merry Christmas!" "Thank you!" (glare from bell ringer, then, a little louder) "Merry Christmas!" "Uh, thank you." "What's the matter, don't you believe in Christmas?" (me, politely) "Thank you, nothing's the matter." "Everyone believes in Christmas!" (me, a little more frosty) "Oh, OK." At that he gave up and started harassing someone else.
Dec 20th 2012, 8:07 am
#109
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Re: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
What we in the Northern Hemisphere call the winter solstice is an astronomical event - it's the day of the year that has the shortest period of daylight and the sun is at it's lowest point on the horizon. Nothing to do with when the meteorological period of winter starts and ends. The two shouldn't be conflated.
