"Happy Holidays"--quick test to see if you mean it

Have you stopped saying "Happy Holidays" in the last two days?

I've noticed that since one particular holiday passed just a couple of days ago, suddenly no one is saying "happy holidays" anymore. Not on the phone, not in stores, not running into each other on the street.

There are five more nights each of Kwanzaa and Hanukkah (after tonight), and New Years hasn't passed yet. If you're not still saying Happy Holidays, maybe you really meant Merry You-Know-What and were just pronouncing it funny.

Fruitful Kwanzaa, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year to all on DU, even if you failed this little test.

The war on Christmas is over now. We're currently plotting the war on Easter.

ya, the christmas thing, dead. just not a single other bit of energy to fight war on christmas, holidays=holy day, santa or the likes. i said to my one child that still believes, three different time, i bought..... when talking about santa gift. finally he yells out..... is THERE REALLY a santa claus.

easter bunny is even harder for me to slide by. i mean after all, we do the eggs the day before. and why would there be a huge ass bunny hiding eggs,.... makes no sense.

ok

easter here we come

after we get the bow in the heart to "all of a sudden" be in love with my mate of 11 years. ya ya ya

so holidayed out. pulling stuff off tree tonight, husband says, but but but we wait until jan 1st

not this year

i am done

happy holidays all

The huge ass bunny lays the eggs after you dye them. Anyone knows that.

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it's you who sent those headless peeps to his P.O. box?

he will just make up a story about a school that did it. or better yet make you watch a commercial about how bad you are hurting the troops supper impposed over a guy watch loony tunes.

who come into the store I work at (Hallmark) especially if they're buying Hanukkah candles, gelt, etc.
O well.

It is proper to say "Happy Holidays" until then to Christians.

and learned that traditionally there were twelve days of Christmas (remember the song?) the first day being the 25 of December, and the last one being the Epiphany. That's where the reference to Twelfth Night comes from (the name of a Shakespeare play).

I must admit that this discovery has made for a more relaxing Christmas season here, especially since I din't have time to get much of anything done before Christmas. I now feel OK about continuing to listen to Christmas music, watch Christmasy movies, make Christmas cookies, and give out late gifts, knowing that it's still technically Christmas.

Then of course, the Russians, and other Eastern Orthodox folks, traditionally celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7th, I believe, so it's appropriate to continue with holiday greetings up to that date IMO.

Being rather fond of Christmas, I like the idea of having two weeks to celebrate it, rather than one day. I'm not even a Christian either.

I may be pronouncing it funny, making the "o" rather like "ow", but that's just my nasal accent.

reference to any holiday whatsoever. The place I work for asked us to preface our scripts with a holiday greeting, this year they didn't do it.

If it pisses off the customers, then it's best to avoid it.

the Orthodox are as Christian as Pat Robertson and Buzzy McFalafel (more so, since few of them are key players in Revelations), but nobody hardly wishes THEM "Merry Christmas" in Janu'ry!!!

Apparently they didn't get O'Reilly's memo because most said "Happy Holidays."