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8. sorry to be difficult, but i could just as well reverse the concept.
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 11:57 AM
Dec 2016

if you want to make a cheery seasonal greeting to someone who's:

christian/not christian
jewish/not jewish/
etc.

... you say ...

"season's greetings!"

because honestly, if you don't know for sure what holiday the person you're greeting celebrates and you use a greeting that's appropriate for your traditions, not theirs, then it's not the person you're well-wishing who's broken, it's you.


if someone gives me a holiday greeting like this, i do indeed say "you too!" but been wished merry christmas many times by people who know full well that i'm jewish, or who know full well that at least some of the people they're greeting are jewish, etc.

you know, foxnews-viewers who give that cheer with an agenda.

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