Comments on: Merry Christmas! http://www.greenvalleymoments.com/merry-christmas/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:29:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: OldGeezer http://www.greenvalleymoments.com/merry-christmas/#comment-352 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:06:01 +0000 http://www.greenvalleymoments.com/merry-christmas/#comment-352 I don't know about political correctness and all of that, as if that would surprise any of you. I just know that in the Midwest where I was raised, we said "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." I never heard the verbal greeting, "Happy Holidays" until recently, and then only once. I don't consider "Happy Holidays" degrading but then neither do I object to someone saying "Merry Christmas," “Happy Hanukkah”, “Happy Kwanzaa”, or just plain old “Seasons Greetings.” It's about whatever <em><strong>you</strong></em> may celebrate at this time of year. I don’t know about political correctness and all of that, as if that would surprise any of you. I just know that in the Midwest where I was raised, we said “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.” I never heard the verbal greeting, “Happy Holidays” until recently, and then only once.

I don’t consider “Happy Holidays” degrading but then neither do I object to someone saying “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Hanukkah”, “Happy Kwanzaa”, or just plain old “Seasons Greetings.” It’s about whatever you may celebrate at this time of year.

]]> by: Tom http://www.greenvalleymoments.com/merry-christmas/#comment-348 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:31:02 +0000 http://www.greenvalleymoments.com/merry-christmas/#comment-348 I recall that many years before there was such a thing as "political correctness", many Christmas cards and other media used the term "happy holidays". It was common and accepted and was taken as virtually the same thing as saying "merry christmas", but had the added benefit of including the greeting "happy new year", because it, by being plural, covered both holidays. I fail to understand how its use can be considered to degrade using the word "Christmas", and methinks some make too big a deal out of what amounts to nothing. I for one, enjoy hearing "happy holidays", and I rather strongly suspect many others do as well. I recall that many years before there was such a thing as “political correctness”, many Christmas cards and other media used the term “happy holidays”. It was common and accepted and was taken as virtually the same thing as saying “merry christmas”, but had the added benefit of including the greeting “happy new year”, because it, by being plural, covered both holidays. I fail to understand how its use can be considered to degrade using the word “Christmas”, and methinks some make too big a deal out of what amounts to nothing. I for one, enjoy hearing “happy holidays”, and I rather strongly suspect many others do as well.

]]> by: Honcho http://www.greenvalleymoments.com/merry-christmas/#comment-347 Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:29:20 +0000 http://www.greenvalleymoments.com/merry-christmas/#comment-347 A very <b>Merry Christmas</b> to you and Nancy! A very Merry Christmas to you and Nancy!

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