tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13084900.post113450141421670892..comments2008-12-09T11:14:02.902-05:00shrinkykittennoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13084900.post-1134533169118340912005-12-13T23:06:00.000-05:002005-12-13T23:06:00.000-05:00Ah, yes, another person who wasn't raised in some non-Christian religion telling people who were that Christmas is secular! Get with it!<BR/><BR/>Happy Holidays is nice and general -- it includes the day off from work, New Years, any other celebrations which might fall in the midwinter. We don't say Happy New Year for an entire month, and there's no need to do the same for Christmas. Say Merry Christmas on Dec 24 and 25, fine, but for the rest of the season? What is so wrong with Happy Holidays unless you actually know the other person is Christian?<BR/><BR/>I dislike "Holiday Trees" -- they're Christmas trees, and they are indeed very pretty, and I like to see them. Lights, too. I love looking at it all. Just don't tell me they're neutral on religion. See all those people you now know who are Jewish and Muslim and whatever who don't believe that Christmas is their secular holiday with those secular trees? It's not up to you to tell tehm otherwise. Maybe in the future N. America will do what other countries have done and Christmas will become secular there. But we're not there now, and it's remarkably obnoxious to be told which other traditions should be yours.wolfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332187596276447792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13084900.post-1134508704773744892005-12-13T16:18:00.000-05:002005-12-13T16:18:00.000-05:00Christmassy shrinky: I know what you mean. I mean, I completely love the secular and commercial aspects of Christmas, and I celebrate it religiously too.<BR/><BR/>You were convinced your family was Jewish? I think that needs explaining.sheepishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346347988747111061noreply@blogger.com