i find it sad and yet funny that everyone is going to the “happy holiday” label more and more.
This federal holiday is in observance of Christmas, not any other religious celebration that some people may observe.
when those who came before us decided to recognize that time in December it was Christmas that was on their minds and lips.
this “winter holiday” crap reminds of those people who use the CE (common Era) and BCE as their dating system. they can label however they want to, but we all know its really BC and AD...
Yes, let us all call the year 2010 CE. What is it (roughly) 2010 years after......... um......... the birth of Christ? Yes! Exactly! So why the superficial change? All to maintain the pretense that we do not count the years from the time of Christ.
Happy Holidays is to maintain the pretense that we are not, largely, celebrating Christmas.
But as to RETAIL outlets..... let them save their false piety. They obviously don't care if it is Christmas or Hanukkah (elevated in secular importance to pretend that Jewish people need time off in mid December as well) Yule (the pre-Christian European holiday that Christmas supplanted), New Year, Scientologist Xenu day, or whatever. They just want your money.
“Christmas” decorations are mostly Yule decorations anyway, and as far as I can tell, most secular Americans are celebrating Yule, not Christmas.
Well,,, “Happy Holidays” is something I’ve heard all my life, and I’m 64. It used to refer to Christmas and New Years as being the “Holidays.” The “Holiday Season” included them both. You wished a person “Happy Holidays,” Then on Christmas day, you wished them “A Merry Christmas,” and a New Year’s Day, you wished them “A Happy New Year.” “Happy Holidays is an inclusive wish for both holidays. I’m not offended by it.
When I see CE and BCE, I think Christian Era and Before Christian Era.