Posted: 12 December 2017 at 9:24pm | IP Logged | 8
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Lars Sandmark:I prefer to say "Merry Christmas" simply because that's what I've heard for my whole life. We call them Christmas presents, and Christmas cards, and we say 'Merry Christmas'. No big deal, call it what it is.
Personally(!) I see it as a North American tradition more than a religious one at this point. YMMV. Someone says Christmas I think of Santa, when you say 'Happy Easter' I think of chocolate eggs, same idea.
Although I do feel strongly that a decorated tree is called a 'Christmas Tree'.
'Holiday Tree' is stupid.
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Agreed. Every commercial these days is as 'Christmassy' as it gets for sales pitches..Santa Claus, reindeer, elves, egg nog, Christmas trees, ugly Christmas sweaters...yet nobody says the word 'Christmas'...'This HOLIDAY, have a happy HOLIDAY with the Honda HOLIDAY sale and have a happy Honda HOLIDAY blah blah blah HAHLIDAAAAY. Not a menorah to be seen. No Diwali, Eid, or Kwanzaa references. So, whatever could this odd December 25 'holiday' be? The history books are so vague for possible answers. In contexts like that, just say fucking Christmas. Nobody will die. If they do, they probably have much bigger problems.
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