For two reasons. First, people are lazy. Let's face it- for most people, expressing holiday sentiment carries no more meaning than it does when you see someone and say, "how are you doing?" Most people could care less. It's just nice to say it. When someone says, "Happy Holidays," it is possible that they are being politically correct. I personally believe that they're just being lazy- why take the time to get to know a person, at least to the point of where you know their particular religion and what holiday they celebrate? Christmas? Kwanzaa? Festivus? Hanukkah? Nah, takes too much effort. Don't bother. Just say "Happy Holidays."
Second, businesses are frugal. If a business wants to get signs and decorations for each of the holidays, go for it. I don't think many of them will. Why not just get Santa-related decorations and signs that say, "Happy Holidays?" Much less expensive. Don't think that the business is assaulting your holiday if it isn't expressly acknowledged. It's not as if the employees of the business are really expressing their heart-felt holiday sentiment to you anyway- they're not; they just want your patronage! Follow the money. Business is business.
If there is a 'War on Christmas' (some of the right-wingers believe there is), my relatively few ultra left-wing secular socialist jerk friends have not informed me of it. Rest assured, Christmas will never go away. I leave you with this: Peace on earth, good will towards men (Wait a minute! I can't say men- that wouldn't include women) ummm- good will towards people (Damn! Can't say that either, it doesn't include the animals, which have 'rights' like we do) ummm- good will towards the world, and happy kwa-fest-chris-hanu
Ah, forget it-this is taking too much effort: Happy Holidays.
3 comments:
jc- Thanks for the comment on my feeble little attempt at humor. Glad to see that even anti-war types can appreciate my blog occasionally. You're always welcome to comment here!
Given that the word "holiday" is a contraction of the term "holy day," isn't an organized objection to the phrase "Happy Holidays" a War on Holiness?
Makes for a good post title -- The Religious Right's War on Holiness.
I like the sound of that.
Amen, if someone says happy holidays to me it means merry christmas, but I'm not as sensitive as most, although calling it a 'holiday tree' like Lowes did seems wrong to me but thats more tradition than religion
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