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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
Posted by andrew at December 7, 2005 02:38 PM
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