Merry Christmas!

Hi,
It's that time of year again!  Yes, the time where we have that stupid "Happy Holidays - Merry Christmas" debate.  I've realized one thing over the years though - it has NOTHING to do with you or me.  Nothing to do with Jews. Nothing to do with Hindis. Nothing to do with Muslims or Sikhs or any other religion that may or may not celebrate Christmas.  It all has to do with these spineless boneheaded politians who don't want to "offend" anybody.

I have many Muslim friends.  I wish them all a Happy Eid after the month of Ramadan.  They say "thanks" and not "you too" because they know I don't celebrate Eid.  But they do wish me a Merry Christmas because they know that I do Christmas.  I say "thanks," not "you too".  My Jewish friends, I say "Happy Hanukkah", they say "Merry Christmas".  We don't say "you too", but "thanks"... see the pattern developing here?

OK, so say Merry Christmas really does offend people who don't celebrate it.  What about New Years?  The Chinese don't use the same calendar as we do - their New Year always about a month from ours, so should we start saying "Happy New Year Season?"  Because we don't want to exclude anyone, right?  Another "holiday" that excludes people is Valentine's Day.  What if you're single?  We don't want to exclude anyone, I think we should do away with it.  What about the Americans that live in Canada on July 1st?  Since their Independence is just a few days later, as to not offend anyone here, how about this: "Happy Independence Week."

Merry Christmas.

beijos