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12-04-2019, 01:28 PM #13Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Happy Holidays?
I don't celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzza, but I'd be fine if someone wished me a Happy Hanukkah or Happy Kwanzza. I'd wish them one back also. So, Merry Christmas is totally fine. You don't have to celebrate Christmas. Just be happy someone took the time to wish you a nice day whether you celebrate it or not.
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12-06-2019, 04:03 PM #15Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Happy Holidays?
The way I´ve understood it, this "War on Christmas"-thing (that we have to some extent here aswell), is only a political campaign started by the far right, trying to blow things out of proportion on purpose, to make it look like people actually get offended, yes?
Atleast over here there are hordes of right wing trolls that try and dig up every little tiny local report about some small insignificant school somewhere denying someone to be a ginger bread man or allowing some little boy to be Saint Lucy, and then spread it around everywhere and make it look like there´s a war on christmas from the left and that soon we wont be allowed to even say "Merry Christmas" anymore and yada yada.
When in reality, it´s a non issue everywhere to basically everyone, except on those right wing alt news sites and their effective sharing of it on twitter, facebook and instagram. Trying to create divison when there is none.
Reading most replies on here, from left to right, makes me think that´s the case in the US too?
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12-09-2019, 03:58 PM #16Pro Bowl Poster
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12-09-2019, 04:02 PM #17Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Happy Holidays?
I say Merry Christmas. I've never encountered anyone who celebrates another holiday or no holiday who would be offended. If I know someone is Jewish I say Happy Hanukkah to them. If I were addressing a large group that I did not know affiliations, I would probably say Happy Holidays just to make sure all felt included. I also don't worry too much about it. If I wish you a Merry Christmas and you are offended by it, I probably don't care enough about you to be upset.
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12-18-2019, 12:18 AM #18On The Practice Squad
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Re: Happy Holidays?
I say "Happy Holidays" since it covers all the winter holidays. Also, Christmas and New Years are close to each other anyway.
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Re: Happy Holidays?
Well, here's a comedian who was called in to HR for saying Merry Christmas.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/comed...erry-christmas
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12-21-2019, 12:04 AM #20Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Happy Holidays?
Correct. Most just say happy holidays and it's really not a big deal. The conservative right, mostly the evangelicals, are worried about a changing America. I don't think saying "Merry Christmas" really offends anyone, it just can appear ignorant when blindly said to an audience one doesn't know. It's just more polite and culturally attuned to say happy holidays. That being said, there are some who appear to feel emboldened though their ignorance and feel entitled to say Merry Christmas regardless of their audience. Their thinking is if someone is offended then that's their problem and they just need to get over it! This would be the right wing folks who still think Trump is heaven sent or something like that. Trump personifies the ignorant right wing Merry Christmas folks. He still says at his cult retreats that since he became president, "people are saying Merry Christmas again"! His crowd loves it and goes crazy. It's really not an issue for most people in the U.S. For the right wingers though, it can be a rally call.
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12-21-2019, 12:55 AM #22Legendary RSR Poster
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12-21-2019, 01:15 AM #23
Re: Happy Holidays?
The wife and I had dinner at Rosenfelds deli tonight while out Christmas shopping. Legendary Jewish Deli in OC,MD now has one in Rehobeth Beach ,De. Anyway. When we were finished our excellent meal the waitress offered a Happy Holidays and we responded the same. My guess is in a room of 30-40 ...we were prob the only not Hebrews there.
My point is while I celebrate Christmas, Happy Holidays was/is the appropriate response/well wish here. Has zero to do with politics and everything to die with being a decent human.
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