Comments on: No More Happy Holidays http://helloladies.com/2009/12/no-more-happy-holidays/ The intersection of feminism and life Tue, 08 May 2012 00:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chalicechick http://helloladies.com/2009/12/no-more-happy-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-3788 Chalicechick Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:30:34 +0000 http://helloladies.com/?p=742#comment-3788 Though I have enough friends of differing faiths that I am solidly in the "Happy Holidays" camp myself*, I don't care what any individual person says and will respond with a similar pleasantry. I will confess that it does bother me when Christian groups try to pressure stores into making their employees say "Merry Christmas" rather than "Happy Holidays." If the stores have found that they get better responses recognizing everyone's "Holy Days" instead of just one religion's, I really don't see why the stores shouldn't be allowed to do that in peace. CC *My logic is this: We usually recognize holidays based on the person we're speaking to, not what the holiday means to us. My Dad doesn't wish me a "Happy Father's Day" because he's a father and it's his day. I say it to him. Also, I say "Happy Birthday" to you on your birthday. I don't say it to you on mine. I did once say "Happy Labor Day" to my mother on my birthday, but she assured me that doing so wasn't as funny as I thought it was. Though I have enough friends of differing faiths that I am solidly in the “Happy Holidays” camp myself*, I don’t care what any individual person says and will respond with a similar pleasantry.

I will confess that it does bother me when Christian groups try to pressure stores into making their employees say “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays.” If the stores have found that they get better responses recognizing everyone’s “Holy Days” instead of just one religion’s, I really don’t see why the stores shouldn’t be allowed to do that in peace.

CC

*My logic is this: We usually recognize holidays based on the person we’re speaking to, not what the holiday means to us. My Dad doesn’t wish me a “Happy Father’s Day” because he’s a father and it’s his day. I say it to him. Also, I say “Happy Birthday” to you on your birthday. I don’t say it to you on mine. I did once say “Happy Labor Day” to my mother on my birthday, but she assured me that doing so wasn’t as funny as I thought it was.

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