FYI: Hanukkah
As one of the many out there that is not a Christian, I like how Happy Holidays goes. Besides, at least here in America most Christmas celebrations have so little to do with religion and Christ it should be called Santamas or Clausmas because nowadays Christmas is about Santa and his presents. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, others can debate, but considering how many holidays there are at this time of year (because Happy Holidays includes New Year's as well) might as well roll them up into a nice general statement that is both accurate and acceptable.
edit: Watched the video and gotta be honest, not a big fan. The argument it presented was that people say "Happy Holidays" because they're afraid to say "Christmas" because it has to deal with Jesus, and I don't agree with that at all. People say (in my opinion) "Happy Holidays" for 2 reasons
- The person isn't sure which holiday (if any) a person is celebrating. Saying "Merry Christmas" to someone who celebrates Kwanzaa or Hanukkah is kind of a slap in the face, like "Hey, I don't have the time or the care to find out what you really believe, I'll just make a broad assumption about your holiday preference without bothering to discover the truth."
- It's easier to say instead of "Have a merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's, Eid-al-Adha, and Boxing Day" The end of the year has a ton of important holidays, and it would be a pain to have to put up a sign or message to address them all.
And that also brings up a fallacy that I see it. Maybe it's not common, maybe it is but it seems like there's a belief that saying Christ or making references to Jesus around the Jewish is like a dirty word. No, we don't go scattering into the dark when someone brings up Jesus. Just putting that out there.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:09, Fri 07 Dec 2007.