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December 15, 2005
Happy Hanukkah
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
And a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great, (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only "America" in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or choice of computer platform of the wishee.
(By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.)
— The Shelanman
Posted by andrew at 10:17 AM | Comments (0)
December 07, 2005
What's With the War on Holiday Greetings
Today I made my first-ever post on the InsideWork Blog!
Hurray!
Read it here or read it there!
Season's Greetings
What's With the War on Holiday Greetings?
Today I encountered the following headline: Fundamentalists mad at Bush for wording of holiday card 'Christmas' appears nowhere on White House greeting (San Francisco Chronicle)
I'm not sure what to make of this one...
I know people are saying "Happy Holidays" because not everyone celebrates the same holiday. I think that's nice.
Some cities are putting up "Holiday Trees" with "holiday ornaments" and all that... that's not very cool. That says to me: "we want to celebrate Christmas, but you'll be offended... so we'll pretend we're just celebrating "the holidays" and you'll never be the wiser"
Personally, I don't understand why people would be offended to receive a Christmas card, or at being wished a Merry Christmas...
If someone wishes me a Merry Christmas, I usually wish them a Merry Christmas. If someone wishes me Happy Holidays, I usually wish them Happy Holidays.
If you walked into a big store, say at the mall, and the greeter was wishing everyone a Happy Hanukkah... would that bother you? What about if Hanukkah decorations were up, and Hanukkah music was playing?
What about if Senator Lieberman sent everyone in his contact database a "Happy Hanukkah" card. Or a "Happy Holidays" card. Would it make a difference?
To me this whole "controversy" about the "war on Christmas" is overblown...
What do you think?
So... what do you think? And how'd I do with my first post?
— The Shelanman
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