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Merry Christmas

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Tom Woods

I know I'm new to this site. This may not be politically correct but I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. :D :D :D :D :D
 
Well, since stations are playing Christmas music, then you can wish people a Merry Christmas. When they start playing Holiday music, then it's Happy Holiday.

I was in the WB Post Office and a little old nun was behind me; didn't know who I was. She said, "Merry Christmas," and I wished her the same. Then I said, "And there are several holidays at this time of year, so Happy Holidays as well." Her smile tightened and she said, "M-e-r-r-y C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s" I said, "There's also Hanukkah, which came even before Christmas, and the Catholic New Year, which was the First Sunday of Advent." Then I got The Glare. "Forget Kwanzaa," I said to myself.
 
Father Tom...you button pusher you! LOL. Thank god for nuns who stick to their guns. :)
After being in radio and being SO PC for so many years, I actually have a hard time saying Merry Christmas even though I want to so bad. It usually comes out happy-merry new Christmas....
 
Mack -- it's the freakin' halo. The nun didn't see the halo. hello???

Oh, that's right; I spent my formative years in radio. Forget the halo stuff. I lost my spiritual virginity years ago.
 
You know it's interesting how things turn. Tonight
my wife was late picking me up at work and I stood in front of my workplace waiting. As the building emptied out (we have 900 employees there) more than 95% wished me Merry Christmas. Now all 900 employees didn't pass me by but it was a substantial amount. I purposely waited for them to say it first. Unscientific, but interesting.
MERRY CHRISTMAS

yonkstur
 
May be an unpopular opinion and maybe sound a bit self centered but... What's wrong with sending the holiday cheer in the form YOU celebrate it in? I guess what I'm saying is, I have very little knowledge of what it's like to celebrate this time of year other than my own Christams traditions. When I wish someone a Merry Christmas, I'm sending seasonal cheer from my heart in the form I can relate to. Because I know what it is to celebrate Christams, that's the wish I'm sending to the other person. To wish someone a Happy Chanakah without ever feeling the the spirit of that holiday seems insincere to me. I'm not offended if someone wishes me a Happy Chanakah. If anything, I would just poilitely say, "I celebrate Christmas, but thank you very much for your kind gesture" What's next? You go to Hawaii and get offended if the natives say "Aloha" to you instead of hello or goodbye? Think about that. If a strange native Hawaiian says "Aloha" to you that feels even warmer than when a friend says "hello". I suspect it's because "Aloha" is expressed in the sender's sincere tongue. Your thoughts???
 
To wish someone a Happy Chanakah without ever feeling the the spirit of that holiday seems insincere to me.
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IMO, and only IMO, I don't feel that way. If I know the person is Jewish, then I will wish them happiness in their holy season. Of course, you have to know what a specific season means; it wouldn't be right to say, "Hey! Happy Yom Kippur! Come on over for a drink!" any more than they would say, "Happy Good Friday! Let's go to the steakhouse tonight!"
 
Yonk --

As the building emptied out (we have 900 employees there) more than 95% wished me Merry Christmas.
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I didn't get that percentage after Mass today! I got some "Merry Christmas," a few "Happy Holidays," some "Enjoy the weekend," some "See you tomorrow" (for the Christmas Vigil), the usual "Nice words."

So you did better than I.
 
ThomasCarten said:
I was in the WB Post Office and a little old nun was behind me; didn't know who I was. She said, "Merry Christmas," and I wished her the same. Then I said, "And there are several holidays at this time of year, so Happy Holidays as well." Her smile tightened and she said, "M-e-r-r-y C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s" I said, "There's also Hanukkah, which came even before Christmas, and the Catholic New Year, which was the First Sunday of Advent." Then I got The Glare. "Forget Kwanzaa," I said to myself.
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I would have loved to see the look on her face had you told her you were a priest. That probably would have floored her. Or maybe she would have got the ruler out ;D
 
Ruler, definitely.

The nuns I had in grammar school back in the cough40scough and cough50scough were progressive gals and never hit us or insulted us. This one didn't look that way.

"Put your hands out, sonny. It's =whap= Merry =whap= Christmas =whap= the day Jesus came to =whap= save us with his =whap= love =whap=."

"Yes, s'ter."
 
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