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In response to "The funny thing to me about the War on Christmas is that Easter seems to have been given over to chocolate and bunnies when that's the holiday that's " by Reagen

In our family, we have no problem explaining the origins and true meanings of holidays while still celebrating with gift giving and chocolate bunnies

Posted by MyrrhDragon (aka SyrDragon) Dec 22 '09, 12:17

These are not mutually exclusive

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I don't think they are either. But try telling that to the people who go ape when you wish someone "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:18 41
- I have heard it, but I say I am wishing happy Thanksgiving and New Years, as well. Which I am. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:28 2
  - Which is really the most insane part of it. We are totally in a "holiday season". Three mega-holidays, bang bang bang. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:29 1
    - But see - you're applying common sense about this... -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:31
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  - yes it does. -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:25
  - that's because we live in the pit of heathenville. :) -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:25 2
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      - good point. -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:27
- Curious: have y'all ever actually been corrected or poorly reacted to for saying "Happy Holidays"? -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:21 26
  - never, it's unimaginable to me. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:29
  - yes - by a close family member. -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:26 2
    - To be fair, you ruined Christmas. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:26 1
      - I guess I do every time I say "Happy Holidays". I made sure to write that in his his Christmas card. :) -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:27
  - Yes. After 15 years in retail there's very few things I haven't been corrected on by customers. - TWuG Dec 22, 12:25
  - i get corrected all the time when I say happy holidays. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:24 12
    - how is it wrong? i'm seriously asking this question. maybe the person saying it is jewish, muslim, whatever. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:26 10
      - *exactly*. How do they presume to know what religion, etc. *I* practice and whether wishing them a Merry Christmas isn't, you know, against my beliefs - Callisto Dec 22, 12:29 2
        
        Living in diverse a place as I do, trying to guess people's religion and then acting based on that is something only a fool would do. -- nm - con_carne Dec 22, 12:32
        
        i swear if someone corrected me, i would tell them i'm jewish just to shut them up. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:31
      - Because we are a Christian nation. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:28
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      - imagine if a kwanzaa celebrant yelled at you because you didn't say 'happy kwanzaa!" -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:27 4
        
        It seems to me that folks who get bent out of shape over it, miss a vital component of Christain teachings. - TWuG Dec 22, 12:30
        
        because kwanzaa is a celebration invented in the 50s by urban liberals. it's not a real holiday at all. ;) -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:29 2
        
        like sol invictus? - Roger More Dec 22, 12:31 1
        
        not really. -- (link) - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:32
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  - I know a *lot* of people who are really militant about the Happy Holidays thing and get all pissy when you don't mention Christmas. - Callisto Dec 22, 12:23 4
    - that's insane. my wishing someone a happy holiday is in no-way disrespectful. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:25 2
      - Says you, Jesus Hater. -- nm - David Dec 22, 12:27
      - I know. I think it's a strange button. -- nm - Callisto Dec 22, 12:27
    - (My cube neighbor follows the same (or similar) website.) -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:24
  - never here, but I've said, "Merry Christmas" to people who respond in a negative way -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:23
  - No, but people don't give a shit up here. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:22 1
    - I suspect it is overwhelmingly fictional down here too. I mean, yes, some people have been tricked by the Internet into thinking its a "thing". - TFox Dec 22, 12:23
- Those people need slugged. "Fine, asshole. Merry Fucking Christmas and excuse the Hell out of me for not knowing you were a jerk before I wished you - TWuG Dec 22, 12:20 1
  - I say Merry Christmas all the time during the holidays, just out of habit. I can't help myself -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:22
- I get around that by wishing everyone a festive Sol Invictus. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:19 3
  - of course you do. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:20 2
    - nic change -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:23
    - hee. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 12:23

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