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TheWop
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Happy Holidays= Bad?
I just got kind of scolded in email for changing "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays" in our newsletter by one of my bosses. I thought I was being sensitive to other cultures and religions. I know not everyone celebrates Christmas. Was I really wrong for changing it?
Also, I saw on a sign Merry Christmas NOT Happy Holidays over the weekend. What gives?
ETA: My immediate boss and I are able to review/add/change the newsletter. It even says that in each of his weekly emails with newsletter info.
Re: Happy Holidays= Bad?
"Why the change to Happy Holidays from Merry Christmas in the newsletter? I know I put Merry Christmas on my original sheet."
"Happy holidays" is politically correct and the most appropriate greeting in a business environment because it covers all holidays -- not just Christmas. Not everyone celebrates Christmas, so businesses should be sensitive to that and not exclude them in their seasons greetings.
You were correct to make the switch to "happy holidays." Tell your boss to quit watching Fox News. There is no war on Christmas.
baaa haa! I have always said Happy Holidays, esp when I was in high school and college working in retail. I hate when people get upset that stores and retail say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Just because a person is out shopping in December doesn't mean they celebrate Christmas.
HAHAHAHA!
"Happy Holidays!" is very appropriate. The only thing that peeves me is when people write/say "Merry X-mas!" If you are going to refer to Christmas, don't take Christ out of it. Since, without Him, we wouldn't have Christmas to begin with. OK...that is the most opinionated I have ever been on here....be gentle.
Haha. I had no idea some people thought (think) there was a war on Christmas. Then again, I do not watch national news channels.
Yeah, I guess so. It still bugs me. I guess I am getting old and crotchety ahead of my time.
I have been getting really adgitated by the amount of obnixous FB posts that are basically boiled down to, "liberals are taking away our rights to say Merry Christmas, so I'm going to say Merry Christmas and something something... THE TROOPS!"
Good job on the "Happy Holidays" Wop.
Ha. And I agree - "Happy Holidays" is the most politically correct way to greet in a corporate setting.
I don't understand the yammering about "a war on Christmas." Just because people are trying to be more inclusive, nobody should take that as a personal threat or dis towards their beliefs.
It depends on the company. I've worked for many Christian-based organizations and the greeting will always be "Merry Christmas," regardless of who it is sent to. That's because Christmas is the holiday occasion for which the cards/email/newsletters were sent.
Honestly, "happy holidays" bugs me. It is generic and boring, and I want to tell people to pick one holiday and celebrate it with gusto. I can 100% see why companies do it, and why most of you here agree with it. But I just don't like it.
As for "X" and "X-mas," X is actually the Greek letter for Christ. So "X-mas" is not really shorthand - whoever first used that was just being nerdy-clever. That's why I refer to my husband here as XN, also...he was a Greek major and c-h-r-i-s-t are the first six letters of his name.
Haha, yeah...it's my way of being personal without talking too specifically on the good ol' Internets. He has signed his name like that since college (to friends).
Follow-up question - should you be wishing people a happy whatever holiday you the sender celebrate, or a happy whatever holiday the receiver celebrates? I would think it would be the receiver. So a Christian celebrating Christmas should wish a Jew celebrating Hanukkah - Happy Hanukkah, right?
I celebrate Christmas. For my Jewish friends, (and co-workers and clients I knew well when I was working) I wish them a Happy Hanukkah and they wish me a Merry Christmas. If I don't know someone well, I wish them Happy Holidays.
Which ever holiday you celebrate, I want it to be a good one and I think saying Happy Holidays is a great way to cover all bases.
Wop - I think you did the right think changing the wording on the newsletter.