Rapture ready board: "Do the words "happy holidays" HACK YOU OFF?"

[Bluebear]

:crazy:

For some reason, every time I hear "happy holidays" or see it in an ad, it makes me mad. I guess I'm just so sick of the pc in this country I can't take it anymore. I'd give anything for some company to come on TV and say, "we're Chrsitians, so Merry Christmas, and if you're Jewish, please have a very nice Chanukah".

Am I the only one feeling this way?

So to all of you, HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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I too notice it alot but I try not to let it bother me because if I do I will get too worked up and it just ruins Christmas for me.

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It only makes me roll my eyes when it is said to me.

It makes me extremely angrified when someone "corrects me" in a rude tone and says it. I actually had someone say the word no in front of it the other day "No.......Happy Holidays".
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I almost got into a match with 2 tweens at the Salvation Army bucket at Cabellas. I put money in, they said, "happy holidays". I said, "Merry Christmas!" They repeated (kinda snotty) "Happy Holidays!" I said, "Merry Christmas". I left it at that. You can't win a war of the attitudes with someone else's pre-teen.

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I have heard the PC groupies uttering the "Happy Holidays" stuff. Yes, it does rattle my cage. And I look them straight in the eyes and say, "And a Merry Chistmas to you with God"s blessings".

However, at my Credit Union the teller wished me a "Merry Christmas" and I replied "Thank you for saying that". She looked puzzled at first and then got the message. She said, "Oh, you mean I did not say Happy Holiday.

I have now started to thank others for saying "Merry Christmas "and have found it makes an impression.

Proudly Politically Incorrect,
RecordKeeper
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I was in a department store, Lord and Taylor, the other day. My eyes nearly fell out of my head. On the collar of a clerk, was a button, about the size of a quarter. In script with a border around it was, "Jesus is the Reason for the Season". I congratulated her for wearing it.

She admitted she was fed up with this Happy Holiday stuff. When she put it on that morning, she KNEW she could be fired and thought, Oh, then I'll work somewhere else." No one working there said anything. I could feel her meekness ... not a wusp but controlled STRENGTH. Meekness is controlled strength.

She was a gentle black lady - in her late 50's or early sixties. I loved just beng near her. She is a GENUINE Christian .... you could just feel her peace. Her smile was warm and sincere ... we talked ... and I asked her, do you think He's coming soon? Her face lite up like a Christmas tree and she quielty said, "yes, the signs are all there". With that I gave her a hug and said I hope you're right ... if we don't meet again on earth, I'll get to know you better in heaven.

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I found a strange thing happening to me this Christmas season and it worried me.
I found that when people said "happy holiday" to me I found it quite natural sounding to my ear and not foriegn as it had a year or two ago. Have I changed that much??? I apparently have been "Happy Holidayized".......yikes.

Merry Christmas to Y'all, 4everHis
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I think my new response to "Happy Holidays!",

will be...

"Merry Christmas, and Happy HOLY days to you too!"

Maybe we can show them the irony of thinking "happy holidays" is PC when its even more politically incorrect!

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You know, I kinda' like that.

You're move, liberals


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[Rex]

1. People just need something to hate, even during the Holidays.

Sounds like a hostile forum! Oh no, my dog farted. Come, let us wage war on dog farts!

[Dr.Phool]

15. It must be a conspiracy.

My dog farted a few minutes ago too.

[Clark2008]

22. My dog farts every time you pick him up.

It IS a conspiracy!

[Grey]

34. love the stamp.......

best donkey ever....

[Quantess]

57. Stinky dog farts are annoying!

Rush hour traffic is REALLY annoying.
Christmas music (to me) is annoying.

But oddly, I don't really give a s*** whether someone says Happy Holidays or Happy Hannukah or Merry Christmas. I'm not religious, either.

All I ask is that they please wait until after Dec. 22nd to begin saying "Merry Christmas".

[Kurovski]

62. I just roll my eyes when a dog farts.

They're not going to force ME to smell it.

Damn PC dogs. I'll proudly hold my breath just to show those Liberal, anything-goes, farting dogs a thing or two about how things are REALLY meant to be.

[Quantess]

64. I had a rottweiler who blasted loud ones, just like a human would.

He was a barrel of laughs. He passed away earlier this year.
Guests would crack up at his loud rips, though.

[Kurovski]

65. Farting is funny.

I think it was Shakespeare who first pointed this out.

Or was it Sophocles?

Edit: condolences on the loss of one talented pooch.

[Quantess]

72. What an excellent dog! I adopted him as an adult, from Animal Control.

He was obviously abandoned. He was found wandering around, with bald spots, bony, emaciated, in early January 2002. It was snowy that year.

I went to the animal shelter looking to adopt a dog who I could take on walks and runs. At first glance he looked like an "old man", graying around the muzzle. I took other dogs on mini-walks, but I found them to be poorly trained. Finally, I took the graying rottweiler for a mini-walk, and he turned out be a very well trained dog!

He bounced back into health in a few months. He lived for another 3 and a half years, before getting cancer on his face. He was a great dog.

[Kurovski]

78. Here's to all the great dogs we've known...

:toast:

And to you, for making his life a good one, :toast:

[Rex]

84. Ever seen 'Cats & Dogs'?

If not, you have no idea! :)

Edit - The movie came out in 2001. :tinfoilhat:

[LuckyTheDog]

17. Amazing

They now use "Merry Christmas" as a sort of verbal assault on anyone who wants to acknowledge that there are other holidays in December and early January.

Why be so coy? Why not just say what they mean: "You are going to Hell and I'm not! NANANANANANA!"

[Yukari Yakumo]

23. To them...

To them, other religion's holidays are an abomination to their Lord and Savior and must be stamped out.

[Quantess]

59. "Merry Christmas" intended as an insult

Recently, I saw a newbie on DU use "Merry Christmas" as an intended jab to anyone he debated with, as though we liberals are going to get chafed at the un-PC-ness, or something. Give me a f'ing break. I called that person on it, but of course he denied using it as a jab.

[earlybelle]

91. Oh, so now there is a war on "Happy Holidays?"

It used to be ok to say "happy holidays" in the first half of the 2oth century. A most popular song was sung by Bing and Perry in those day. The title was "Happy Holidays." No one seemed to have a problem with it then. So who thought up this war on "Happy Holidays" to further divide a divided country? Must have been the "Christians?"

[monmouth]

2. I loved your post and agree with all of it, I really liked Happy Holy Days. Can't wait to use it. n

[Frances]

10. Merry Christmas said by a salesperson is just a way to

commercialize a season that should be holy. I think everyone should make their own gifts and not buy anything at Christmas. When we give our home-made gift we should say Happy Holy Day. That's the way to truly get and give the Christmas spirit.

I think that's what I'll say to the next holier than thou person who brings up this issue.

[kimmerspixelated]

25. I love homemade gifts

but if everyone always made their own, then think about the state of the economy, as it is, it's dwindling!

[left is right]

58. "Happy Holy Days"

Seems a tad incongruous. Wouldn't you think that holy days should be spent in fasting and prayers?

[countingbluecars]

3. Happy holidays

is just fine with me.

[BlackVelvet04]

18. I remember Happy Holidays from many years ago

and it was intended to include Christmas and New Years. I don't know how it got to be a PC thing.

Anybody know?

[badgerpup]

33. Remember The King Family Holiday Special?

All 48,759 members* of the King Family, dressed up all glittery and singing "Happy Holidays to you!"
:popcorn:
I know, I just dated myself...:silly:


*OK...but there WERE certainly a lot of them!

edit for clarity

[BlackVelvet04]

89. No, sorry, I don't remember that.

I remember Perry Como Christmas Specials.

[rusty charly]

4. "angrified?"

now, they're starting to sound like dialogue from the musical "wicked"

[ClintonTyree]

39. Also, see "screwn".....

some of the words these people invent really amaze me. I guess they take after their idiot pResident. He makes up all sorts of words as well.

[Kurovski]

82. An attempt ta sound countrifried.

Musta been watching that Reba woman on her TEEVEE show.

[jgraz]

5. The rapture can't come soon enough for me

How much better will the world be once these idiots are gone?

[Rosemary2205]

6. "it just ruins Christmas for me"

what a moran........

[gollygee]

7. I think it's sad that people get upset about a greeting

It's just an attempt to be friendly, and be friendly to *everyone* and not just people who celebrate Christmas. It is very sad that people are unhappy to receive a greeting unless it's one they have specified.

[bluerum]

8. And the happiest of holidays to all of them - no matter how hard they

try to fuck it up for someone else.

[jgraz]

12. Seriously, how rude does someone have to be

to correct a person for wishing them well, just because the good wishes weren't phrased in the exact manner required by their own narrow world view? I'm pretty sure that's exactly what jesus would have wanted: that everyone use his birthday as an opportunity to be a dick.

[renate]

46. love it!

:applause:

[William769]

9. Merry Christmas to you too!

[TahitiNut]

11. Yes, the best way to observe a holy day is by attacking someone who wishes us well.

:eyes:

No wonder Scrooge called it "humbug."

[jgraz]

13. Well said

[originalpckelly]

14. You know, I'm getting tired of this bullshit. At least when we're being PC...

it's because we don't want to hurt someone's feelings.

When those fuckers are being PC, it's to hide the truth from the American people, "low food security" is the best example of this.

[Swamp Rat]

16. Happy holidays!

:hi:

[Dr.Phool]

19. Don't let them take the "X" out of Xmas!!!!!

[AlienAvatar]

20. I'm not religious myself,

and I like to hear "Merry Christmas!" It's such an established phrase in our culture that to attach any sinister agenda to it is simply ridiculous. It's a friendly thing to say to someone and that's all it is. To feel threatened or insulted by this is simply absurd.

[Warren DeMontague]

35. I think it's equally absurd to blow a fucking gasket over "Happy Holidays"

People have been saying Happy Holidays for as long as I can remember. It's only now that it is supposedly an "attack" on Christians. :eyes:

[Bluebear]

36. Agreed, every word. nt

[Homer Wells]

21. This is, after all,

the HOLIDAY Season.

This means Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, Yule, and other events occur during this particular time of the year.

The fact that, in the past, Christmas got the lions share of the attention in this society and the media, does not negate the sincerely offered wish for a Happy Holiday Season.

Indeed, it is a respectful greeting offered to members of our ever increasingly multi-cultural society.

I've got no problem with someone saying what ever they want to me in way of a greeting, and "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings" are just two more ways of saying the same thing.

It is not the words per se., but the meaning in which they are offered.

That being said, I wish all DU'ers a sincere wish for their happiness in celebrating their particular holiday event, and a warm, loving wish for a BETTER upcoming year.

:loveya: :grouphug: :toast: :party:

Steve

[Hippo_Tron]

24. Alan Colmes, actually did a fairly good job calling an idiot out on this

As much as it pains me to say that.

Here's my summary of the conversation...

Colmes: What's wrong with Happy Holidays?

Religious right idiot: This is a Christian natio?

Colmes: There's no basis for that, the founding fathers did not intend for this nation to be a Christian nation, Adams clearly states it in the Treaty of Tripoli.

Religious right idiot proceeds to change the subject because he doesn't know any history.

[tinfoil tiaras]

26. I'm surprised Sean didn't cut his mic or something

and more surprised that Alan would confront a guest with that much...agressiveness. :wow:

[Hippo_Tron]

68. Wasn't particularly aggressive and Sean was out, there was a guest host in his place

Therefore Colmes had a bit more control over the situation than he usually did without Hannity yelling him every time he's about to actually make a point.

The asshole he was debating totally got away with changing the subject but if you watched closely it was blatantly obvious that after Colmes brought up the Treaty of Tripoli the asshole had nothing left to defend his "Christian Nation" bullshit.

[tinfoil tiaras]

69. Oh snap. That dude got owned by Alan Colmes.

That has to say something about that nutjob...:rofl:

[MODemocrat]

27. Merry Christmas to everyone

It is a very special holiday to me; but that is all. If someone wishes me Merry Christmas, I respond in kind, but it really doesn't matter to me how they wish me a happy holiday.

[tinfoil tiaras]

28. Why do they care so much?

Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Kwanzaa/etc same thing to me, imo.

Seems like a pointless battle. But hey, w/o them, comedians wouldn't have as much material to work with about the fictional "War on Xmas" (oh snap...i said X-mas! That must mean I'm X-ing Jesus out of Christmas! Bad secular liberal progressive!!! :evilgrin: )

[kimmerspixelated]

29. I guess I've been lucky

No one has ever corrected me when I said MC, but one thing I might point out is that when some one says HH , it occurs to me first as a reference to the fact that there is C eve, C Day and then Ny eve, and Ny day! There are 4 actual holidays. So that's what I always think of.

[LostInAnomie]

30. "You're move, liberals"

All hope is lost! What move could we possibly make that could match the wits of a person that it took 4 years of "The War on Christmas" to realize that "Holidays" really means "Holy Days"?! Once again the razor sharp Conservative mind has mastered us!

What fucking idiots they are. They are so anxious to claim persecution that they are incapable of logical thought. Never mind that we are a religiously diverse country, that there are probably at least half a dozen religions with a "holiday/holy day" that takes place between Thanksgiving and New Years, or that it isn't a good idea for businesses to alienate groups of people. All these morans care about is that they aren't being catered to above all others, which in their vacant heads means that they are being persecuted.

[Neecy]

31. they're all such stooges

I was driving to my sister's house this morning and noticed that two nearby homes had identical lawn signs that said, "Put the CHRIST back in Christmas!". I thought about the article posted here in the last couple of days about how much jack these evangelical outfits were making by selling this stuff to boobs - it's a pure moneymaker, nothing more, yet even in a fairly liberal neighborhood these things are sprouting up.

Wouldn't it be more Christian to take the money spent for those signs and give it to the poor? Wouldn't that be more in tune with the real spirit of Christmas than these angry lawn signs bristling with false persecution meant to highlight a completely bogus issue?

[Pushed To The Left]

32. I have been wished both "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays" and I like them both!

I think it's silly for somebody to get offended by either of them!

[Island Blue]

37. These people seem to be very shallow in their faith.

They seem to be worshiping words. Isn't there a commandment against that or something?

[Luna_C_06]

38. Doesn't the word "Holiday"

mean holy day? If so, then what's up with the "Merry Christmas, and Happy HOLY days to you too!" response you found??

And who know that those of us who say Happy Holidays were destroying Christmas, I thought that we were just trying to include everyone.

[Raine]

51. YES it does

apparently they are too ignorant to know that.

[knitter4democracy]

40. My move now? Well, I'm a Christian, so I'd say Merry Christmas.

Out in public, with people I don't know, I say Happy Holidays. Why turn people against our faith by being snots or by not turning the other cheek but instead slapping theirs? If I know the person's a Christian, I say Merry Christmas. There's no point in hurting anyone.

[citizen snips]

41. I forgot about those people a long time ago.

happy holidays to the Rapture Ready board. :hi:

[Bolo Boffin]

42. Merry Christmas: the new F*** You.

Not mine, not original, don't know where I got it.

[Bluebear]

49. Sad, ain't it? nt

[Az]

43. Apparently tolerance really cheeses off the intolerant

Who knew? :shrug:

[Skip Intro]

44. This whole woc is the silliest thing yet.

I cannot believe people are getting bent out of shape because someone doesn't offer the "correct" whish for happiness.

What a bunch of mindless drones to buy into this "controversy."

If I found myself addressing one of these "genuine" Christians, I think I'd end the conversation by saying, "may you reap what you sow."

They act like a bunch of spoiled brats who scream and yell until they get to watch the tv channel they want to watch. Silly, silly people.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

45. Froeliche Weinachten

Feliz Navidad
Joyeux Noel
Vrolijke Kerstmis
Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Natale allegro

Wonder how many freepers would be creeped out to hear those phrases?

[depakid]

47. These people really need to get a life

I guess it goes to show that cluelessness is contagious.

[Ioo]

48. I bet $10 half that crap is a flat out lie...

These are stories Jesus nuts say to each other to get the nutbowl worked up. 3 or 4 of the posts NEVER HAPPENED!

[Bluebear]

52. My thoughts exactly. nt

[Raine]

50. Must be nice

to have such an uncomplicated and trama free life that someone's greeting of "Happy Holidays" is the biggest outrage in your life and you can spend so much time etc venting on it.

Sadly I have way to many other worries and concerns to have time for that kind of shit.:-(

[Zhade]

53. Okay, okay, how about a compromise: "Merry Holidays!"

Maybe that'll shut the whiny fucks up.

[kitty1]

54. The "Holiday Tree" describing a photo of our company Xmas..

tree in a newsletter got my shorts in a knot.
I know it's not a big deal, but since the subject was brought up I'll vent. I couldn't believe that it has now come to the point whereby we can't even refer to a Christmas tree as that any more. A Holiday tree for ##@#@ sake.
What is offensive about saying the word Christmas in describing anything. This has taken things way too far and I let the editor know how I felt in a nice way. He agrees with me, but stated that the word Christmas can't be used now. Too politically incorrect.

[Bluebear]

55. You should go post that on the board linked in the OP!

They will get a kick out of that story!

[RC]

70. There are lots of Holiday trees in Winnipeg with the Star

of David topping them. How Christmas is that?
BTY, I think it is neat, kinda like my ham sandwich on Friday. :hi:

[Gemini Cat]

73. Uh huh. Okay.

:eyes:

[johnaries]

56. Merry Solstice! Jesus was probably born in the spring,

although some argue it was the early fall. Whichever it may have been , shepherds would not have been in the fields watching over their flocks by night in December.

Therefore, this is the Solstice Season not the Christmas Season.

[timtom]

60. My particular favorite:

Season's Greetings!

[Kurovski]

61. Leave it to the self-absorbed sociotards to roll their eyes

when met with a greeting of joy and kindness.

Spoiled lot of bugger-all brats is what they are.

Religious? My fuzzy gay ass they are. Bloody narcissists with a phony streak is more to the point.

[left is right]

63. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, have a nice day

I seldom use any of them, doesn't bother me if some annoymous person wishes me any of these or whether they don't. I can't see any point to the whole debate--can't figure out why this became so important

[walldude]

66. Well O'Reilly and Faux news must be proud of themselves

They managed to bring out the asshole in all their fans...

[buddysmellgood]

67. Holy Days...that last one finally gets it. I don't give a shit what people say.

[FooFootheSnoo]

71. Excuse my language, but

I just don't give a fuck wether someone wants to say happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Haunnukah, Kwanza. I just don't care. I'm going to die someday and I'd rather not waste one second of my life getting upset about something so trivial.
I really think good "Christians" like this idiot should occupy themselves with toy and food drives during this season rather than being the "Merry Christmas" police. When I read about this stuff I always get the mental image of Jesus smacking himself in the forehead while saying "they still don't get it!!"

[Telly Savalas]

74. Some snotty atheist prick clerk wished me "Happy Holidays" today

So I punched him. Hard. I'm pretty sure I broke his nose.

As he rolled around on the floor writhing in agony, I screamed at him: "Christ died on the cross to save our souls, you motherfucker! So the least you could do is to fucking say 'Merry Christmas', asshole!"

Seasons Greetings, DU!

[Bluebear]

75. Thank you for defending Christmas.

We cannot let the siege continue!

:spray:

[tinfoil tiaras]

76. LMAO!!

:rofl:

"Christ died on the cross to save our souls, you motherfucker!"

Classic fundie attitude, right there.

[Kurovski]

79. That'll learn 'em Telly! Get Christ inta him real quick!

:rofl:

Hey, I think I see someone heading to your door with a Christmas subpeona...

[bling bling]

83. It's not your fault. He started it with his combative well-wishing.

He fired the first shot with that belligerent all-inclusive "holiday" word. Good job defending Christmas, soldier!! I'm sure you made the baby Jesus happy and proud today.

[Bluebear]

92. ...

:spray:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

77. It's all Andy Williams' fault anyways... that song's to blame

:sarcasm:

Whatta buncha snide, self-important heels.


Oh and Happy Holidays, Rapture monkeys!! Gotta a new date set? :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

80. One of the online comics I read summed up my feelings on the subject

last year...
http://www.pvponline.com/article/2570/Fri-Dec-16

I don't care what you say... but if you get offended by someone else's holiday greetings, you've got your own problems. There is nothing wrong with trying to be inclusive, but wishing a specific holiday greeteings isn't being exclusive either. What bugs me is when people try so hard to be inclusive... but they only bother to include the major ones that everyone knows. Last year a local TV station had an ad where some children's chorus sang 'We wish you a merry Christmas'... but changed the words so it was christmas in the first verse, hannukah in the second and kwanzaa in the third.
Okay... but ya left out yule, solstice, agnostica, festivus, ect. Now by trying so hard to include 'everyone', you've made it even MORE obvious that you've left out the few remaining people.

[Seabiscuit]

81. How about: "Screw your Xmas, Screw your Holidays, and FU2!"

[magellan]

85. They're doing wonders for the secularization of Christmas

Think about it. They don't stop to consider the religion of the greeter. It's all about them and being catered to as Christians.

Problem with that (for them, not the rest of us) is the more non-Christians who feel compelled to wish complete strangers a "Merry Christmas" in order to avoid fundie indignation, the more the meaning of the words is diluted and the more secular Christmas becomes.

IOW their penchant for playing the victim is ultimately counter-productive. I hope they keep it up.

[Dastard Stepchild]

86. It was TRAINED in me to say Happy Holidays when I was a wee gal working retail...

Got my first job at 15 and started out by saying "Merry Christmas," but after a few corrections by customers in the course of my first few days on the job, I quickly learned "happy Holidays." It's stuck with me ever since. Plus, I have friends practicing a multitude of religions, so I never inadvertently wish them the wrong sentiment that way. :)

[Catherine Vincent]

87. It's so silly.

What's wrong with saying "Happy Holidays"? No one is stopping them from saying "Merry Christmas". People have been saying happy holidays since the beginning of time. I say both.

People that are upset by this are silly idiots.

[FVZA_Colonel]

88. I think it's time Something Awful did another "Weekend Web" feature on these freaks.

This thread alone would provide several worthwhile posts.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

90. I saw that thread.

Buncha crazed wackjobs.

:rofl: