Monday, December 26, 2011
HAPPY HOLIDAYS? WHAT HOLIDAY?
The Christmas holiday has come and is about to sweep past. I wish everyone a happy Christmas. The trend that seems to be catching on is the fact that some people have substituted the use of Happy Christmas to Happy Holidays, Happy Holiday? Do we tell people Happy Holiday when we mean to say Happy Thanksgiving? Do people say Happy Holiday when people want to wish people Happy Idel Fitri, or Happy Holiday when we mean to say Happy Hanukkah? Do people say Happy Holiday when they wish others Happy New Year? For consistency sake, and most importantly, for the respect of the season that Christians celebrate, people should not feel uncomfortable wishing others happy Christmas. People still set up their Xmas trees, buy Xmas cards, listen to Xmas carols; we should cap it up with what that season is all about. It is about Christmas, that word that was derived from Christ, and Christmas is in celebration of the time that the Savior of the world was born. People should respect it and keep it alive. Once again, Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all the world.
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Hi Mom, great to be on your site. This is a wonderful avenue to share ideas. I totally agree that season's signature greeting "Merry Christmas" has gradually faded away and is being replaced by "Happy Holidays" the Western commercialization of Christmas. Let us get back to the reason for the season which is the coming of Christ Jesus into the world. Society has lost track of this sacred mystery and is more focused on gift giving and excessive entertainment.
ReplyDeleteKudos to you for starting your own blog. What a nice way to start off the New Year!
Ona
You're right sha, Happy Holidays is slowly taking the place of Merry Christmas. The word 'Christ' is getting blurred out from the salutation probably because people want the greeting to be "universal" to those who don't believe in or use the word 'Christ'. Personally, I say Merry Christmas because I believe in Him as my Lord and Savior, but for those who rely on Happy Holidays as a crutch for being more universally accepted, that is quite unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteKeep it going Ma, and we'll keep reading :)