Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Dec 2007 20:24 UTC
From the OSNews team, we'd like to wish everyone a merry Christmas (it's Christmas Eve in my country already), or a happy whatever other holiday you might celebrate; it so happens that Hanukkah and Eid ul-Adha have already passed, so my best wishes are in retrospect if you practice the Jewish or Muslim religion. These matters are always like tight-rope walking on the internet, but I'd like to say one thing: please, emphasize not our differences, but celebrate our similarities. And yes, even if you are not religious (like myself), I'd still like to wish you very happy holidays. Enjoy the food, but realise this.
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2006-01-01
In the UK, there is no real thust to using a non offensive and 'pc' term.
Besides, 'holiday' means something different here anyway. Your holiday is your 'annual leave' or what you would call 'vacation' in the US. We refer to Christmas as just that, or to be pedantic maybe 'Christmas holiday'. We do the same with Easter too. We'd therefore need to say 'Happy Christmas holiday' to get the same meaning. To a Brit, 'happy holidays' sounds really false and meaningless.
Good Yule to all, anyway!