It should be.....
Started by AstroMart, 04/07/2018 10:51PM
Posted 12/22/2004 02:09AM
Opening Post
Posted 12/22/2004 11:09PM
#2
Thank you... and a Merry Christmas to you too.
-Guy
-Guy
"I know engineers. They love to change things."
- Leonard McCoy (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
Posted 12/23/2004 04:36PM
#3
The poll question creates a dichotomy where there need not be one.
I use "Merry Christmas" with people who I know celebrate Christmas, or in Christmas specific situations.
I use "Happy Holidays" with people who may not celebrate Christmas but likely are celebrating some other holiday (Lots of Jewish folk where I live), or when I mean something more general, when I do in fact mean to include New Years, etc.
There's no reason to resent the inclusiveness of "Happy Holidays" when the situation calls for inclusiveness.
I use "Merry Christmas" with people who I know celebrate Christmas, or in Christmas specific situations.
I use "Happy Holidays" with people who may not celebrate Christmas but likely are celebrating some other holiday (Lots of Jewish folk where I live), or when I mean something more general, when I do in fact mean to include New Years, etc.
There's no reason to resent the inclusiveness of "Happy Holidays" when the situation calls for inclusiveness.
Posted 12/23/2004 07:21PM
#5
Merry Christmas to you all, especially to you Mark.
Mark Costello
Matthews, NC
Mark Costello
Matthews, NC
Mark Costello
Matthews, NC, USA
"I hear you're mechanically inclined. Did you ever do anything with perpetual motion?"
"Yeah, I nearly had it a couple of times."
Posted 12/25/2004 05:25PM
#6
In this day of so called political correctness, which in my oppinion is not for the better when we go to extremes I can think of a much more simplier time.Its just one more thing that todays kids are missing that we had as kids such as a parent at home ,respect for our parents and others of authority.Anyway I say both and I,ve yet to see someone get all bent out of shape.People are free to express as they wish.Some are always offended by something.One of my friends at work is a Muslim, upon leaving I wished her a very merry Christmas and happy holidays just out of habit, she wasn,t offended and took it as it was meant.
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