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(22,165 posts)... then its not the holiday well-wisher who's broken, its you.
Bravo
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)everywhere because there are never enough good wishes and love in the world.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)loudsue
(14,087 posts)rightwing extended family.
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)mac56
(17,574 posts)Did you create it, babylonsister?
I want to pass it along on my blog and want to credit it appropriately. It's brilliant!
Thanks.
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)I found it on FB. Maybe right click and get more info? My friend/DUer One Grass Root is the person I borrowed this from.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)supports this. If someone wishes you well, then respond in kind.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)Even if they say, "I'll pray for you" I say thank you. It's not a challenge, it's their best gift.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)see the greeting as well-intentioned . . . and respond in-kind!
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)saying, "Thanks, you too!" that I've even found myself automatically saying it to people who wish me a Happy Birthday.
Then I feel like a huge doofus...
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)Come back soon. Of course I say you too even if it didn't make any sense
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)Yep I have done that as well
It just pops out!
BlueCheese
(2,522 posts)"Thanks, you too."
defacto7
(13,485 posts)And it's a good sign probably because I'm lost in the concept of good will not the specifics of the words. Sometimes it's just the feeling of human kindness that counts.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)"Thanks, you too"
"Fuck"
LionsTigersRedWings
(108 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)"Thanks, you too!"
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)When someone is being nice to you, just be nice back.
toby jo
(1,269 posts)stage left
(2,966 posts)but I just smile and say thanks.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)She said to wish me a Happy Hannukkah. We are Irish Catholic but my mom's best friend is Jewish so Mom celebrates it every year by going to their house for dinner.
When I got back to my dorm, my RA called out "Hey, your mom says Happy Hannukkah". I just said thanks. Two girls I knew who lived in the dorm stopped what they were doing and looked at me. One girl said "You're not Jewish, are you?" The other girl said "She can't be, she's Irish". The first girl said with a relief "Oh good".
I wish that I had said something back to them.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)ancianita
(36,133 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)I will admit to being a trifle annoyed at the "Have a blessed day," but I always just smile and say "Thank you." I realize that the intention behind those words is utterly sincere, and to reject that intention would be unforgivably rude.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)I usually just ask myself, "who owns that word?". Nothing wrong with the word bless and no group owns it. But I have those moments too.
NBachers
(17,136 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)but they didn't wish happiness for the proper day or didn't use the proper label!
Well, by god, I'll show them!
Javaman
(62,534 posts)Happy Holidays.
and I still cherish the memory of the fundie getting mad at me for not saying merry x-mass. It was really amusing. each time I said happy holidays in a pleasant voice, she would become more intense and loud with her reply of MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! That's nice, happy holidays.
people are weird.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)No One USED TO SAY IT
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)thesquanderer
(11,991 posts)...because the other side will just come back and say that the entertainment industry is controlled by Jews. As it happens, the song was written by Jewish composer Irving Berlin... I don't know if they give him points for also having written White Christmas and Easter Parade...
Hekate
(90,793 posts)VPStoltz
(1,295 posts)When a child in the 50's, I used to stuff my mom's cards into their envelopes and lick the stamp. MANY of them said, "Happy Holidays!" I know this because my mother saved every card she ever received - from anyone. When she passed I went through her things and read many a holiday card from old friends that said "Happy Holidays!"
So, get the "f" over it.
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)picture on every card, individually for everyone. I just remembered that; how awesome! He's still with me, so I get to tell him how wonderful that was.
Logical
(22,457 posts)I 100% agree with this post. I never take any "merry xmas" or "bless you" as anything but them being nice.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)intent.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)It costs absolutely nothing to be civil to other people
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
elleng
(131,107 posts)AAO
(3,300 posts)but the one thing that's always bothered me is this guy at work who would say 'bless you' every time I sneezed. I took him aside one day and said please don't bless me anymore when I sneeze. The word got around and now wherever I go there is dead silence after a sneeze. Just the way I like it.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)AAO
(3,300 posts)Seasons Greetings!
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)to burning nonbelievers at the stake. You are a true guardian of secularity.
AAO
(3,300 posts)And you sound like you're out looking for someone to pick a fight with.
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)for 'health'.
AAO
(3,300 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)If they have a problem with that, I kick their ass.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Wishing somebody well shouldn't turn into a word fight.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)K&R.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Honestly, this sentiment is not in keeping with the holiday spirit, but Fox should be shamed for their outrageous behavior.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)What about the rest of us?
Iggo
(47,565 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)There are some people who would scowl if I said that to them. So I just say "happy holidays" and sometimes I get the "look" and a rather loud "MERRY CHRISTMAS!" almost like a scolding...but I don't care to engage so I just smile and let it go...no sense in "dueling holidays."
Too funny to read the comments here.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)ladyVet
(1,587 posts)But I find it pisses people off when you don't make a big fuss about their holiday greeting of choice. As a former practicing pagan, I always said "Thank you, and Bright Solstice to you, too." just like it was a normal thing. Yes, I go an evil look sometimes, but nobody pushed it.
Where I used to work, it became a thing that everybody who called ended with the have a blessed day thing. I always smiled (even over the phone, people can tell it) and said "Thanks! You too!", because I am blessed everyday, though not in the way they mean.
I had one young thing one year, obviously primed by her church to be obnoxious at the state-run institute of higher learning I worked at, wish me a Merry Christmas. The look on her face when all I said was, again "Thanks! You too!" in a happy, chirpy voice (and a huge grin) was worth all the biting of my tongue I had to do every day.
I've done it in Hobby Lobby, and other places where it was clear people were so-called Christians. I won't say Merry Christmas, but have been saying Happy Holidays since I've gone over to the non-believer side. ;D
The very best thing you can do to them is not give them a fight, especially in public. That's what they want, poor persecuted things that they are. Big smiles, greeting of choice in response, and walk away.
Just makes my day. <------ that's irony, or something.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Redford
(373 posts)and kindness and understanding. We need more of that.
aristocles
(594 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)peace13
(11,076 posts)When someone says merry christmas to me these days I feel that they are pushing it on me. Why not include them all in two words. I hope people have happy holidays. All of them or some of them. Like it or not Merry Christmas has gotten a bad name by the 24 hour news folks. I will stick with happy holiday and will answer. ....to each and all....Happy Holidays to you too!
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)However, if I know the person is some kind of "war on Xmas" nut, AND they say, "Merry Christmas" in some snarky, nasty way, I'll often reply, "And, a happy Festivus for the rest of us." Sincere wishes are fine, regardless of whether or not I share their beliefs, but if they're going to be assholes about it, I am not afraid to be one right back at them.
DesertDiamond
(1,616 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)thesquanderer
(11,991 posts)Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)n/t
shenmue
(38,506 posts)We can all get along. Dadnabit.
LionsTigersRedWings
(108 posts)If you have a problem with how people say it, the problem is with you!
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)of sending an email without including a religious reference, even in a work email for a government office. Separation of church and staet is just not understood by some people.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)I got one woman emails me for submittals, she finishes every email with:
"In Christ,
Jane Lastnameo" (not her real name...lol)
I laugh and think rude things.