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RE: Happy Holidays, please!
Not to be a dick, but if a Jewish person tells you, "Happy Passover", and you consider yourself a Christian, then there is certainly no problem for either of you anyway. Passover is a shared holiday we inherited from the Jews via the Old Testament.
Rosh Hashanah is a better example, because I'm not really sure what the heck it is or if it's one that we have in common or not. If it's not, I sure as heck wouldn't be offended if someone celebrates it, or a Muslim with Ramadan. I really have no idea how a tiny percentage of this country can overrule the rest of us on something so innoculous and unobtrusive to them (oh, but most go with the commerical aspects of it).
RE: Happy Holidays, please!
I am an atheist and I know a lot of other atheists and I think none of them are offended by Christmas. Christmas has lost most of its religious meaning anyways. Some of them will even go to church with their Christian friends or family as a social event. It's not that boring because there are often musicians, decorations and entertainment on that day. I was amongst the musicians last year. It was fun as I don't get to play very often.
The whole war on Christmas thing is just another plot by the religious right to demonize the left. Stores that use the word "holidays" use it because it is the plural form and aludes to the _many_ celebrations we have in this period of the year.
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Happy Holidays, please!
Brandon, this is my last Christmas in Germany. The thing I will miss most about living over here is the lack of commercialism compared to the US. I feel your pain- it distracts from the purpose of the holiday- to celebrate the birth of the Savior of the World.
That said...let's not use the word Christmas so as not to offend anyone, you know, we don't want to offend anyone, other than offending the 90% of people who celebrate Christmas.
We just lit the Holiday Tree on Tuesday night here on the base at Grafenwoehr, Germany. Our Holiday Party is next Friday. And then the Holiday training holiday is the Friday before and Monday after Dec. 25.
What are the stores thinking when they refuse to use the word Chritsmas? What are we thinking when we buy from those stores anyway?
I'm saying Merry Christmas to everyone, and if they're offended they can tell me.
Who gets offended anyway? Any Jewish O-Nerds that resent someone wishing them a Merry Christmas? If a Jew wished me a good Passover or Rosh Hoshanah, or a Muslim wished me happy Ramadan, I'd say thanks and wish them the same since it's their holiday.
Is it the non-religious then? How does 1% of the population contol what the rest of us say? I bet they all buy their kids presents, too, the hypocrites!
Happy holidays!
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