|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
"Happy Holidays" is a simple phrase that applies to everyone, doesn't (well, shouldn't) offend anyone, and doesn't alienate the rich jews with all the money who want to go shopping.
Seems +EV to me, and Bill O'Reilly can suck it. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
Merry Christmas offended people, so it was widely replaced with Happy Holidays (to account for the small % of our population who is Jewish, non Jewish/Christian Africans, and/or indiginous germanic tribal living in America, I suppose), yet wouldnt Happy Holidays still offend atheists and muslims?
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
[ QUOTE ]
Merry Christmas offended people, so it was widely replaced with Happy Holidays (to account for the small % of our population who is Jewish, non Jewish/Christian Africans, and/or indiginous germanic tribal living in America, I suppose), yet wouldnt Happy Holidays still offend atheists and muslims? [/ QUOTE ] I am an atheist and it doesn't offend me. That IS why 'Merry Christmas' offends me (birth of Jesus, etc). |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
Holiday means Christmas, Hannukah, and/or Kwanzaa.
Knowing that by saying Happy Holidays, I am wishing you a well (enter any one of above holidays, none of which apply to you) that doesn't in any way offend you? What offends you about Merry Christmas then, that doesnt offend you about Merry Christmas, Hannukah, and/or Kwanzaa? |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
Merry Christmas is about the birth of the so called 'son of god' - a concept I do not believe in. Hanukkah is about a great Jewish victory over the Syrian king, Antiochus. Not sure what the others are about. But they don't stress belief in God as their focal point.
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
I don't believe in Santa but I am still going to have a merry Christmas.
Why can't people just enjoy Christmas as a secularized mass splurge that is necessary for our economy? |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
[ QUOTE ]
I don't believe in Santa but I am still going to have a merry Christmas. Why can't people just enjoy Christmas as a secularized mass splurge that is necessary for our economy? [/ QUOTE ] Thank you. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
[ QUOTE ]
I don't believe in Santa but I am still going to have a merry Christmas. Why can't people just enjoy Christmas as a secularized mass splurge that is necessary for our economy? [/ QUOTE ] Plus, gifts are always fun, no matter what religion you practice [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
[ QUOTE ]
I am an atheist and it doesn't offend me. That IS why 'Merry Christmas' offends me (birth of Jesus, etc). [/ QUOTE ] And regarding the birth of Jesus, isn't it widely regarded among our intellectual superiors and other high ranking historian-types, both atheist and not, that Jesus was in fact a real person? In what way then, does the mere hint of his birth offend you? |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Re: \"Happy Holidays\" v. \"Merry Christmas\"
I like the tactful and always applicable "Have a nice break, or have a nice one." Has a nice ring to it, more than "Happy Holidays," anyway.
|
|
|