"Merry Christmas" is an abbreviation of "(I hope you have/are having
a) happy Christmas).
(I imagine Happy Hanukkah is also an abbreviation.)
You could try "I hope your Christmas is not too miserable" -- one does
after all say that kind of thing to certain friends -- but I suggest
not.
>I prefer to say 'Best wishes for the New Year'
so long as the person you say it to hasn't just learned they won't
have a new year or their partner won't (etc.)
-- and try to avoid saying it to the bereaved unless you have the
dates (not only of death) totally right...
(I got a card wishing me a happier 2003 than 2002; actually, it was in
2001 that my mother fell in hospital and began the long terrible slide
towards death; not that I will say anything or think worse of the
person who did that)
>>>
Also, it is of Christmas as a Christian festival, when Bush finally
conned the world Iraq is actually doing something wrong
>>>
which also means the new year -- when war will begin -- may be pretty
bad; so I suggest you wish people a good Christmas, this time
can't win them all, you know
Judy Evans
Cardiff, Wales (UK)
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From: "Simon Stevens" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Continuation of religion/disability discussion
What is so Happy about Christmas? Christmas was about families and for
me, the reality is family just isn't what it used to be and for
disabled
people, their familities are often an cause of stress and upset as for
those who are both with impairment, it is a cause for disharmony.
Therefore, Christmas can be a lonely and stressful affair.
I prefer to say 'Best wishes for the New Year' and avoid Christmas
since
I believe it is worth celebrating.
Also, it is of Christmas as a Christian festival, when Bush finally
conned the world Iraq is actually doing something wrong (funded by the
CIA ofcourse), and starts World War 3 - The Holy One, and bombs every
muslim country, I think the meaning of Christmas will be put back as a
symbol of Christian/Western victory of freedom (without human rights)
and something I will personally feel ashamed off as an athesis. I
think
the Red Cross has been right is forecasting how sensitive Christmas
will
be during the next world war.
Many Thanks, Simon
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of homan
Sent: 23 December 2002 21:55
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Subject: Re: Continuation of religion/disability discussion
Determined to have the last word! The pope says that Christmas has now
become a commercial festival, so will "happy shopping" or "I wish you
receive all the presents you hoped for", or may be 'I hope that, after
Christmas, you will be able to exchange all the useless and hideous
presents
you receive."
Have a wonderful time!
rgds John
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From: Lillie,Timothy H <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: Continuation of religion/disability discussion
> >>>
> (I was hauled over the coals a few years ago by a Jewish member on
the
> list who I think complained of my lack of sensitivity in wishing
none
> Christians a happy Christmas
> >>>
>
> There's an easy answer. Remember non-Christian holidays (and
remember
> some people have no religion) or simply say
>
>
I really like this. For the past year or two I have been
making
a
point of saying "Happy New Year" to Jewish friends when that time
occurs.
They are proud of being Jewish and I don't say to them "Happy Holy
Days"
to
cover all the Holy Days that occur right about the same time (Rosh
Hashannah, Yom Kippur, etc.).
What is (after all) wrong with wishing Christians a Merry
Christmas
or Jews a Happy Hannukah and atheists nothing. After all, the reason
for
the
greetings is religious, in the end, not secular.
Tim Lillie
>
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