The question of the day is “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays”? As I have already said on several occasions I am an atheist so you would assume I would be the “Happy Holiday’s” sort, but I just can’t seem to find the logic in that, and it all comes down to one simple question…
What do you call December 25th?
Everyone I have asked no matter what their “religion” all have responded with the same answer ~ Christmas. Not one of them replied “Holiday” and this makes logical sense. I mean when have you ever heard anyone reply with anything else? Imagine your kids saying “Wake up…it’s holiday morning” or telling them that “Santa comes on holiday eve” or better still “I can’t wait for holiday”! All sound a bit crazy don’t you agree?
So lets look at the phrase “Happy Holiday’s”. What does it even mean? When does it start and what celebrations does it cover? Logic dictates that it should encompass Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years since all fall in the last 3 months of the year and by “retail” standards anyways, are thought of as the “holidays”. So then my questions become, why do we then still say Happy Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving and Happy New Year and no one is offended? Who fed us the line of bullshit that Merry Christmas is offensive and religiously motivated?. Why was only one of these “happy holidays” singled out?
