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After this explanation, I can see where you might have felt as though I meant it to be a barb thrown at you. In that context, it wasn’t clear that I was only meaning to throw in a blast from the past that I thought was funny. My apologies.
Christmas is the most important holiday for Christians and Hanukkah is one of the least important for Jews.
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Originally Posted by Pruzhany
Chanukkah is a very minor holiday. Jews put much more weight on Sukkot and on Passover. Kids who go to Hebrew school or Yeshiva do not take off time in December. They take a week break in January related to no holidays.Year.
We can celebrate Christmas by eating Chinese food. We did.
Actually, if you want to get technical about it, that would be Easter.
Indeed:
The day of death better than the day of birth. --Ecclesiastes 7
Jesus commanded the commemoration of the day of His death, not His birth. Scripture draws a map to the day of the year of His death (as well as the ancients could), and says nothing specific about the day of His birth.
When I'm ringing bells for the Salvation Army, I'll say "Merry Christmas" or "Feliz Navidad," or "Happy Divali," or anything else if the days fall along the bell-ringing schedule.
This confuses me and sometimes I'm easily confused. Unless you live in a city or part of the country with a high Jewish population why would you not wish everyone a Merry or Happy Christmas? I've known many people who aren't Christians including people of the Jewish faith who have never been offended by anyone wishing them a Merry Christmas. When you say Happy Holidays, what holidays are you referring to? If you know someone is Jewish then for goodness sake, wish them a Happy Hanuka. Otherwise, what is the point and why would anyone be offended?
Whenever I've wished anyone Happy Holidays, it's nothing more than a way to combine Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Years in one Holiday season. After all, those holidays are being celebrated within a short period of time. It has nothing to do with being any religion or not trying to offend someone.
When we are past Thanksgiving and close to Christmas, then I wish everyone a Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays.
The US is a diverse country with no official religion, so comparing the US to a Muslim country is a moot point.
There ARE other religions in the world, and even in your city, than Christianity, you know. And Happy Holidays encompasses the three major ones (Christmas, Hanukkah, AND New Year's), so why wouldn't you just say Happy Holidays?
But hey, I'm just a crazy person over here trying pay respects to people different than myself, so what do I know?
I say “Merry Christmas” to everyone who I know celebrates Christmas, and “happy holidays” to those I don’t know. This is because I genuinely want people to enjoy their holidays. To be honest, we’re only talking about Hanukkah. Very few people actually celebrate Kwanzaa, and the majority of those who do ALSO celebrate Christmas. Is it that upsetting that someone may think you celebrate Hanukkah? Is it that upsetting that someone might put Hanukkah on equal footing with Christmas? Why is it such a big deal?
I say "Merry Christmas" to most, but occasionally I say "Happy Holidays". I don't have any special formula that I used to determine how I express good will toward others... it just happens.
"Merry Christmas" is special to me because I am a Christian and that is how I celebrate Christmas. But at no time have I been offended by someone wishing me "Happy Holidays". If someone wishes me "Happy Holidays" or "Happy Hanukkah", I assume that they wish me well in a way that is special to them and I am honored to accept that expression of good will. Vice versa when I wish someone "Merry Christmas".
Absolutely. Easter is a pretty big deal for the churchgoing crowd. Which is why I don't understand the focus on demanding that everyone say Merry Christmas.
You really DON'T understand. No one anywhere has ever demanded that that everyone say Merry Christmas.
Absolutely. Easter is a pretty big deal for the churchgoing crowd. Which is why I don't understand the focus on demanding that everyone say Merry Christmas.
I'm beginning to wonder if some of the most militant evangelicals even attend church.
You really DON'T understand. No one anywhere has ever demanded that that everyone say Merry Christmas.
Some people need,literally,to get a life. Saying "Merry Christmas" or thanking someone for saying it is not eating a communion wafer.
I don't care that not everyone in the US is Christian.
The majority self-identify as Christian, and at least 99% were Christian at the time this country was founded.
Christian-identified Americans.
The majority.
Who shouldn't have to cater to a whining minority.
Saying "Merry Christmas" to people is hardly authoritarian.
Did I say it was?
All I said is what I do -- say "Merry Christmas" to people.
SOMEBODY is doing a lot of whining, but it might not be who you imagine it to be.
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