It got confuseing at the library this year. there are a lot of regulars at the library that implied that they weren't doing anything over the weekend of christmas - so I was happy holidaying and happy weekending people. I sorta felt like I was over thinking the whole thing - because what ever the though expressed, the thought behind it was good and positive. If i know what someone celebrates that is different. Oddly, I know lots of people that I don't know well enough to know what the celebrate.

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I rarely wish anyone "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Hollidays" or whatever. (Pretty much never, outside my family.) I guess that makes me weird.

Both my bosses are gone for the week and I have almost no work to do. I do, however, have a Firefly DVD with me....

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I find this Christmas to be the one with most people not wishing Christmas automatically. Not sure why. Also the Christmas with the most people not feeling Christmassy. Not sure what's cause and what's effect.

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Evidently it is hard for me to post and argue with my mother at the same time.

Who knew?

Will Target be insane today? I need Best Buy, and am a bit afeared.

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Heartfelt condolences to Billytea.

In other words, though not a moderate on most issues, on this one I'm with Cindy. My feeling is that someone who is offended by being wished a Merry Christmas is looking too hard for something to be offended by. Someone who is offended by "Happy Holidays" is looking even harder.

I agree. And most Jews I know are not at all offended either. The holiday cards I send out to clients all say Happy Holidays or Season's Greetings.

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Wolfram, the nicest, most well reasoned defenses of public celebrations of Christmas I've read this year, have been written by Jewish (and at least in one case, probably both, religiously observant) newspaper columnists.

The holiday cards I send out to clients all say Happy Holidays or Season's Greetings.

This is the only sensible way, unless you have certain knowledge of someone's religion. The cards I send to family and close friends who I know to be Christian (although I haven't sent them at all the last couple of years) are Christmas cards, and religious themes, at that. To my Jewish friends, I either send Happy Holiday cards, or buy special Hanukkah cards. My one Jewish friend who sends seasonal cards, makes them out of photos he has taken, but he puts "Merry Christmas" on ours. I don't think he's particularly observant, though.

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And most Jews I know are not at all offended either

Offended by Merry Christmas or by Happy Holidays?

I realise I'm most used to Season's Greetings -- is that a British thing?

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Your plan sounds better than going to work, Lee. Besides, no one really expects anyone to do anything when it's raining. Too much of a strain. And people, like, drive crazy and stuff. You would be risking life and limb to go out in that. Plus it's the holidays. When people deserve to be off, watching Firefly.

Lee, don't go to work. Come to Target with me.

Damn. So much good advice, and I am reading it all too late. At least I get Friday off.

Hey, Kat, want to go get pumpkin pancakes or other stuff at Hugo's on Friday?

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I realise I'm most used to Season's Greetings -- is that a British thing?

I'll use Season's Greetings on cards, but it seems too formal to put into usual conversation.

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Hugs for Nilly and her most excellent card

I too got a kick-ass ecard from Nilly and I want to thank her for it.

Thanks Nilly. You're awesome and cool.

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