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To: usalady

I must interject a thought here. I don’t see all the brouhaha about “Happy Holidays” and “Seasons’ Greetings” being PC. We used them all the time when I was growning up in the 40s and 50s. The juxtapostition of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years made the phrases sort of a conventinet shorthand. Of course, others motives for their use may vary.


11 posted on 12/27/2011 7:48:54 AM PST by ixtl ( You live and learn. Or you don't live long.)
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To: ixtl

It all depends on the context. If we are talking about the holiday season in general, then Happy Holidays or Season’s Greetings makes sense.

I think what people are talking about is when Christmas festivals in some cities are renamed, or when a Christmas tree is renamed to be a “holiday tree”, or a “giving tree”. That’s when we see clear PC attempts to obliterate mention of a specific holiday such as Christmas.

Of course, it’s okay to mention a specific holiday such as Kwanzaa under the ideology of political correctness. Just don’t say Christmas.


14 posted on 12/27/2011 7:56:41 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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