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It's terribly more efficient to send out generic holiday wishes to everyone and stop associating with anyone who gets too offended that you didn't conform to th
by gduffy 19y ago
It's terribly more efficient to send out generic holiday wishes to everyone and stop associating with anyone who gets too offended that you didn't conform to their particular brand of holiday. I really don't want to keep a 6 billion row spreadsheet of holiday associations for everyone I might encounter and wish well of.
Will mass confusion ensue if generic "happy holidays" cards are sent on the same day as christmas? Will people not know what day of the year it is? There is no utility to the nomenclature. No religion owns the day, and it's hardly a religious holiday to begin with.
It doesn't offend me when people say merry christmas, it only offends me if they are attempting to correct somebody who says happy holidays. It's a superset. You're correcting someone who says "yes! it's the weekend!" with "no, but thank god it's Saturday!".
- iamelgringo 19y agoSigh... I thought long and hard about the Christmas vs Holiday wishes thing. I'm actually pretty devout in my Christianity, but I rather dislike people who are jerks about it. How about this: To my Christian friends Merry Christmas. To my Jewish friends Happy Hannukah. To my Atheist friends Happy Holidays. And to all a happy New Year. (Unless you're Chinese, then I'm a few weeks early.)