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Merry Christmas!
Oh, nice. You and Gorsuch.
What?
Gorsuch pulled that stunt on Fox the other day, saying “Merry Christmas” like suddenly it’s legal, thanks to Trump.
Hey, no. I wasn’t saying that. I was just wishing you a Merry Christmas. I didn’t know about the Gorsuch thing.
Did you ever stop to think that not everyone is a Christian, and not everyone wants Christian feast days rammed down their throats every year? For weeks and weeks and weeks?
Oh, I know that. But most Americans —
And you think being in the majority makes it right? That’s how it works, we get to be a theocracy because a majority think that’s a good idea? What about all other religions, and those who don’t believe in a god? Handmaid’s Tale, much?
Come on. I’m not condoning a theocracy. I’m just wishing people well during the holiday.
Then wish them well, but don’t ask them to pay lip service to your particular mythology. Say “happy holidays,” or something equally inclusive. “Merry Christmas” is divisive and exclusionary. You just don’t understand that because you’re in a privileged majority position and can’t see it.
Okay, got it. I’ll try to be more thoughtful of other people, and more respectful of inclusivity. Will that work?
It’s a good start.
Great. Well then, Happy Holiday!
You too. Oh…
What?
And don’t forget to Shout Your Abortion®.
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Merry Christmas, Henry.
Insane isn’t it….
And a Happy Festivus to you!
A blessed Chanukah to all and a blessed and a merry Christmas as well.
Is it impossible for a non Christian to have a merry Christmas?
Merry Christmas!
Don’t cram your religion down my throat.
Ok, have a miserable December 25.
You are most welcome to wish me a Merry Christmas! I promise not to yell at you!
Happy Holiday? What right do you have to shove your inclusivity down my throat?
And you are welcome to wish me a happy Hanukkah, though I’m not sure why you’d want to.
Basically, it doesn’t matter which one you prefer – Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, Happy Holidays* – if you get offended, you’re the one who’s wrong.
*And, in my case, birthday, which is really soon after New Year’s :-)
I read on Twitter (from a “Journalist”) that “Merry Christmas” is a “Republican talking point”.
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Buon Natale
Kellemes Karacsonyt
Joyeux Noel
God Jul
Feliz Navidad
Froliche Weihnachten
Feliz Natal
Vesele Venoce
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Craciun Fericit
Kala Christouyenna
Will there be a test later?
No, because I left out some umlauts, etc., so it wouldn’t be fair. It’s also very “Western Civ” oriented, so it’s inherently suspect. It is, however, a handy list to say the magic words without the overly sensitive being able to take offense because . . . multicultural.
I’d probably mispronounce most of them.
You beat me to it!
Hm. Christmas is pretty Western Civ oriented.
That reminds me, last weekend we helped out with a living Nativity at our church. Our son questioned us about the nativist rally that he heard we were attending . (Yes, he was kidding.)
Hence part of the “problem.”
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I wished someone happy Easter in the spring and they said they didn’t celebrate Easter. They managed to say this in a non-belligerent, non-hostile fashion, so I told them to have a great weekend.
Most people, Christians or not, take Merry Christmas or Happy Easter as well wishes of benevolent intent and respond in kind.
Hank, you’ll be happy to know that this Millennial has been “Merry Christmasing” everybody he’s encountered!
Merry Christmas to y’all too! (It’s so nice to say so without any reason to suspect the audience would be triggered by such an American phrase.)
Your son is funny.
A liberal on facebook this morning said she didn’t want to offend anyone, but to chose between “Happy Impeachment” and “Merry Impeachment.” I hope to wish her a “Happy Acquittal” around Valentines.