The holidays have begun. It's my favorite time of year. Thanksgiving is here and that means family gatherings, turkey, and football. Then it's the wonderful Christmas Season.
As a Christian, I believe the "reason for the season" is to celebrate the birth of Christ. But I also know that the "season" is more than that. There is the "holiday season" that includes Santa, Rudolph, shopping, and parties. There's nothing wrong with that.
Which is why it doesn't bother me a bit when someone wishes me "Happy Holidays". It's a warm and wonderful time of the year and I hope they are indeed happy for us all.
When a store clerk says "Happy Holidays" after I buy something, they're really saying "thanks for buying". If they said "Merry Christmas", frankly, it would often be blasphemy. They wouldn't be making a heartfelt statement about the Birth of the Son of God. It is almost like taking the Lord's name in vain.
So, celebrate the season. Enjoy Jolly Old St. Nick. Trim a tree and have a cup of egg nog. Then make sure, if you're a Christian, you set aside time to thank God for the Gift of His Son.
Season's Greetings.
And Merry Christmas.
I mean it.
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I am never upset when someone says they hope I have a "Happy Holiday".
Isn't it presumptuous to wish a "Merry Christmas" to a perfect stranger? Perhaps this person - a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, etc., will not be having any sort of Christmas at all -- :merry" or otherwise.
Imagine being a devout Lutheran, and walking into you local Walmart, as the greeter wishes you a "happy Ramadan". Maybe you wouldn't be offended, but you would be wondering why the store employee assumes you would be marking the observation in any way at all.
Howard, you are the best.....Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and have a Fab Festivus!
Ed in Detroit
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