Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, blah, blah, blah…

OK, I'm just gonna get this out of the way early:
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I don’t care whether people wish me a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa or Happy Heidentag (a holiday made up by my daughter and I – loosely translated as ‘Heathen’s Day,’ sort of...) It’s a nice thought and I always reciprocate in kind through my mask.

BUT…

Like it or not, there are several cultural/religious celebrations around that time. No surprise. It's winter in the northern hemisphere. A festival of any kind breaks up the monotony of cold, gloomy days and long nights. Most Americans know this and enjoy seeing the different traditions for celebrating different holidays.

Hanukkah begins at sunset on December 10th in 2020. Christmas tree lights and Hanukkah candles are pretty, the principles behind Kwanzaa are ones to which we should all aspire – look ’em up . And Christmas music is enjoyable, well… until you’ve heard the same song 7 times a day for two months.

So, wishing people a happy time, no matter which holiday they celebrate, is just more ACCURATE. It’s not a matter of being “politically correct” (I f***ing HATE that term! It basically means “I don’t give a sh*t about your feelings! My feelings and beliefs are more important than yours!”)

“Happy Holidays” is just FACTUALLY CORRECT!

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