So many people get pissed off because someone else doesn’t say “Merry Christmas” to them.
Please, is Christmas the only holiday this time of year? If you think the answer is “yes”, I will thwap you digitally.
Christmas is December 25, Yule/Alban Arthan/Yuletide is the winter solstice December 21, Hanukkah usually falls in the middle of December as well, Kwanza is at the end of December. An unusual holiday celebrated on the Shetland Island is Hogmanay on December 31. Not to mention the other western holidays of Boxing Day and New Years.
This is just a quick list of holidays I know of, I’m not sure about Muslim or Buddhist holidays, so there may be more. The only people who don’t have a holiday are the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Jews will say “Happy Hanukkah” to each other, and perhaps to others, Christians will say “Merry Christmas”, Wiccans will say “Happy Yuletide”, and Neodruids will say “Happy Alban Arthan”. People should be able to use the salutation of their choice, they should not be pressured into saying “Merry Christmas” just because more people celebrate that holiday.
Many people say “Happy Holidays” because they want to include everyone in their salutation, and not exclude people of non-Christian religions. I’m one of these people by the way, so I will continue to say “Happy Holidays” to everyone, because you just never know if someone doesn’t celebrate Christmas.
