Comments on: I Said, Wish Me A Merry Christmas, Dammit!

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Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:44:23 +0000

[...] some would prefer to limit their good will to those who correctly identify as part of their in group. The my-holiday-vs-yours thing has gone beyond verbal complaints to [...]

By: tom coward

tom coward — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:13:02 +0000

I always thought that “Happy Holidays” referred to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, since they are only a few days apart, and are sort of the beginning and end of a mostly seamless celebration. Guess I’ve been bashing Christians all these years with out meaning to!

By: muggle

muggle — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:29:29 +0000

hover frog, now that’s a holiday I can get behind. As long as it’s not required that you be good at video games to enjoy them.

(Can’t believe I missed that before. Gonna have to read your link at length this weekend.)

By: Barker

Barker — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:23:59 +0000

The buttons should be helpful. Now I’ll know that anyone not wearing one doesn’t have to be wished a Merry Christmas.

By: Sarah TX.

Sarah TX. — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:09:08 +0000

How in hell can “Happy Holidays” be considered “Anti-Christmas”?

CHRISTMAS IS A HOLIDAY.

By: Philip Tucker

Philip Tucker — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:15:26 +0000

Oh foo! I say godammit, and o god, and thank heavens and goodness. I do not qualm at christmas.

Could this melody
Be sung in other countries
By other birds?
— Richard Wright

By: muggle

muggle — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:27:35 +0000

I’m with DeafAtheist. If I see somewhere wearing that button (odds are against it), I’m gonna make a point of saying Happy Holidays just to be a booger and watch their pissed off reaction for my own amusement.

If a clerk says merry christmas, I’m gonna smile and say happy holidays.

Normally, I wouldn’t give a flying fuck but ever since these Christians proclaimed war on Christmas, well, I have to be at my fighting best.

By: Inti

Inti — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:10:00 +0000

In French we say “Joyeux Noël”, which doesn’t explicitly reference Christ, so I may not be in a position to judge, but still, all that nitpicking about which word to use seems pretty pointless to me. Just say whatever feels natural to you without giving it a second thought.

By: a2650415

a2650415 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:42:23 +0000

How about “Happy Saturnalia?”

By: CybrgnX

CybrgnX — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:59:33 +0000

In my 20++++ years I have NEVER met a xtian that… “knew the true meaning of Christmas.”
And seeing how 100% of Xmas is completely pagan that is not too surprising. But 100% of all the xtians I have met THINK they know something.