Remember, as we approach the holiday season, you should say "Happy Holiday. "Merry Christmas" is inappropriat

I go with Merry fu#:ing Christmas Holidays in a jovial voice. That seems to please everybody.

Chris Pringle wrote:

I go with Merry fu#:ing Christmas Holidays in a jovial voice. That seems to please everybody.

Also, don't say "Happy Thanksgiving". We don't wanna offend any undocumented aliens with no Puritan heritage.

It is called sarcasm, bruh. We were on the same side.

I say "were" because uneducated mouthy douches like yourself don't make my side of the line look too good, so I would rather you just went home.

It recently occurred to me that since there is absolutely no Biblical support for Santa or the Christmas Tree, there should be zero objection from anyone if people display these symbols. They are completely non-religious.

Thoughts?

Try saying "Merry Christmas" in as jolly and loud a way as you can. Try it with "Happy Holidays." It's not even close.

Plus, "Merry Christmas" is two syllables followed by two more syllables, as opposed to two and three. MC flows better than HH.

And doesn't HH presuppose that someone celebrates any holiday at all? You could say it's clearly just the season of holidays, but you could argue that for Christmas as well. I have no problem with not saying MC, but it should be MC or nothing at all; HH is a copout.

For a very long time Christmas was a minor Christian holiday (just as Chanukah was--and to some degree still is--a minor Jewish one). The whole point of Christianity is the Easter story--even a lot of Christians saw/see the various Christmas stories just as pleasant fairy tales--and so Easter was *the* Christian holiday. [Note, for instance, that Haendel's Messiah is actually an Easter oratorio.]

But over the last century or two, commercialization has turned Xmas into the nation's #1 holiday--just as more recent commercialization has made Hallowe'en #2 (Easter used to be)--and has even made Chanukah a much bigger deal than its religious significance would suggest.

I live in NYC and we have a lot of people celebrating a lot of holidays. I mostly go with "happy holidays"* just so I can say one thing over the course of several weeks--though on Dec. 24/25 I'm much more likely to say "merry Christmas," and in the last days of Dec./first days of Jan. I'll go with "happy new year."

I know a few Christians who are always ready to call Islam the Religion of Permanent Offense, and to mock ethnic minorities who seem to have donned the mantle of permanent victimhood--yet are mightily bothered by what they call the War on Christianity (which is really a "war," if that's even the right word, just against entrenched Christian *privilege*). But this describes only a few Christians. The great majority are just fine with "happy holidays."

*I've actually started saying "have a happy" and am going to try to make that a habit. Seems like it'll save a lot of time and bother.

thejeff wrote:

It recently occurred to me that since there is absolutely no Biblical support for Santa or the Christmas Tree, there should be zero objection from anyone if people display these symbols. They are completely non-religious.

Thoughts?

I personally don't care what anyone displays so long as tax dollars aren't spent promoting religious ideology. Santa and the Christmas tree are basically secular at this point. No problem there.

Interesting points, and lol your last line :-)

FWIW, everyone who says "Happy Holidays" to avoid religious entanglements should be advised that the word "holiday" is derived from "Holy Day". Just sayin' :-)

If I am aware of the persons beliefs my holiday season greeting is in line with their beliefs. If I do not know I use 'Holiday Season' as I have for the past 60 or so years. It has never been about trying to be PC just trying to be accurate.

I grew up with friends that practiced or associated themselves with any number of Christian religions plus a couple that followed the teachings of Shinto, Buddhism and a number that practiced Judaism to varying degrees.

I have reconsidered my position on this.

If corporations use "Merry Christmas" in any of their logos. then they should depict some reference to Jesus Christ (a nativity, a cross, or SOMETHING.) If they offer "Merry Christmas", but all they offer are non-Biblical decorated trees or a Santa, then maybe they are just trying to attract Christian buyers without really making a commitment to Christianity.

Lukewarm Christianity shouldn't be encouraged by Christian buyers.

Thoughts?