tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post9219779739409325754..comments2023-11-02T10:35:00.867-05:00Comments on Phyllis Renée: say it with flairUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-31834267592255428522008-12-07T23:03:00.000-06:002008-12-07T23:03:00.000-06:00I'm a first born so I don't care what anybody else...I'm a first born so I don't care what anybody else thinks. I'm right...Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302139430600014873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-6950491838210211022008-12-07T11:52:00.000-06:002008-12-07T11:52:00.000-06:00I'm especially amused by people who substitute "Ha...I'm especially amused by people who substitute "Happy Holidays" for "Merry Christmas" ... since "Holiday" is a contraction of "Holy Day"<BR/><BR/>I suppose the only truly PC salutation would be, "Season's Greetings" which is so generic as to be totally meaningless. We might as well just say "Hello."<BR/><BR/>But I don't make a big deal out of it. I like the idea of responding to "Happy Holidays" with "Merry Christmas" - I'll start doing that.lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844724534003766952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-61214644040516428902008-12-05T11:25:00.000-06:002008-12-05T11:25:00.000-06:00I noticed that they went back to saying "Merry Chr...I noticed that they went back to saying "Merry Christmas" at my local Target. Actually, the very nice cashier man told me to have a "blessed Christmas." I almost gave him a hug.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577723506036164914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-65181444565119172122008-12-05T11:17:00.000-06:002008-12-05T11:17:00.000-06:00I'm as cognizant as anyone that not everyone I mee...I'm as cognizant as anyone that not everyone I meet on the street, or in the marketplace, is Christian, and I've been known to complain (sometimes rather too loudly) that the end-of-year Festival of Consumption has little-to-nothing to do with actual Christmas (well, except for the Magi and the whole gift-giving thing. . .)<BR/><BR/>But, who's kidding who? The whole 'Holiday Season' phenomenon came about because of Christmas, pure and simple. Charles Dickens didn't write his tale of ghosts and Tiny Tim about a generic 'Holiday'. Frank Capra didn't make <I>It's a Wonderful Life</I> about 'Season's Greetings' (and frankly, both of those examples treat Christmas in a 'cultural', as distinct from a 'Christian' way).<BR/><BR/>There's this urge to embrace everybody in a kind of generic, bland uniformity which, when you boil it down, amounts to 'nothing is really special'. And 'Christmas' is useful, on a purely utilitarian level, as a way of inducing people to spend money they might not otherwise. . .Desmond Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829959101276150279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-79749601713993991592008-12-05T10:38:00.000-06:002008-12-05T10:38:00.000-06:00When I thank people for their purchase at the stor...When I thank people for their purchase at the store, I then typically say Merry Christmas. One year, a man turned around and stormed back and asked, loudly, "What makes you assume I'm a Christian?!?!"<BR/><BR/>I didn't assume anything (other than he was apparently not a Christian. And kind of a jerk), I just say Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays is just not diving in!for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-75479140885608366442008-12-05T10:22:00.000-06:002008-12-05T10:22:00.000-06:00I hadn't realized we were stealing joy either, huh...I hadn't realized we were stealing joy either, huh. <BR/><BR/>Silliness.<BR/><BR/>Happy Holidays!Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01439394316761968708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-81155775809627095432008-12-05T09:56:00.000-06:002008-12-05T09:56:00.000-06:00It's all part and parcel of being human. Something...It's all part and parcel of being human. Something has to divide us, whether is religion (or the lack thereof), race, sexual orientation, hairstyle, video game preferences, or left-handed versus normal people (chuckle).<BR/><BR/>It's all about the divide.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021954997630562527noreply@blogger.com