[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[Heidi Tandy]

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 3:09 pm, Kathryn Lambert wrote:
>  I am a very liberal person, as most of you probably have, um, 
> guessed... ; )  But this whole "Happy Holidays" thing really gets on my 
> nerves.
>
>
> Yes, there are other holidays being celebrated during the winter 
> months. But, you know what? I would rather have a Jewish person wish me 
> "Happy Hanukkah", even though I am not Jewish, than wish me a banal 
> "Happy Holidays". It means nothing - to me, or to the person saying it.

Do you really think so?

You are, of course, free to feel that it means nothing to you, but why 
do you presume it means nothing to the person saying it?

I'm actually truly curious as to why you feel this way, because when I 
wish people a Happy Holidays through about six weeks of the year, I 
*really mean it*. I want them to have a wonderful and happy holiday, 
whatever they celebrate during those six-ish weeks. I ask, "What are you 
doing for the holidays," and I am genuinely interested.

And I have a huge collection of Noel Streatfield and Enid Blyton books 
from the 1940s - 1960s where the characters talk about their "hols" and 
mean everything surrounding Christmas and New Years and other than one 
Streatfeild (Theater Shoes) there's not a Jewish or Muslim character 
around.

- heidi