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[Paul]

Merry Christmas!

Spoiler: my Christmas rant (click to show/hide)

The whole "seasons greetings" and "happy holidays" and "merry x-mas" has always seemed inane and a bit insulting to me. Is the world so politically correct or anti-religion that we can't express our wishes that they have a good time on the holiday that we are celebrating, even if the other person isn't celebrating it? I never take offense if a Jewish person tells me Happy Hanukkah, I always just say it back to them. I imagine my Jewish friends would have felt a bit insulted if I had wished them a happy x-kah this year. Anyway...

Merry Christmas! 

[Zrk2]

*Insert seasonally appropriate noises here.*

[Heron TSG]

Spoiler: my Christmas rant (click to show/hide)

The whole "seasons greetings" and "happy holidays" and "merry x-mas" has always seemed inane and a bit insulting to me. Is the world so politically correct or anti-religion that we can't express our wishes that they have a good time on the holiday that we are celebrating, even if the other person isn't celebrating it? I never take offense if a Jewish person tells me Happy Hanukkah, I always just say it back to them. I imagine my Jewish friends would have felt a bit insulted if I had wished them a happy x-kah this year. Anyway...

Merry Christmas! 

And to you as well. I personally have been going with 'Merry Mas' these past few days, since I celebrate Christmas without the Christ.  Never got the point of X-mas. It's harder to say than the original and doesn't mean anything different, to my knowledge.

[The Darkling Wolf]

Merry Christmas!

Spoiler: my Christmas rant (click to show/hide)

The whole "seasons greetings" and "happy holidays" and "merry x-mas" has always seemed inane and a bit insulting to me. Is the world so politically correct or anti-religion that we can't express our wishes that they have a good time on the holiday that we are celebrating, even if the other person isn't celebrating it? I never take offense if a Jewish person tells me Happy Hanukkah, I always just say it back to them. I imagine my Jewish friends would have felt a bit insulted if I had wished them a happy x-kah this year. Anyway...

Merry Christmas! 

Well, wishing someone a happy x-kah within this context would be wishing them a happy Christ-kah, so I think they'd have pretty damn good reason to be offended

But yes, Merry Christmas to ye.

[Corai]

Merry RAPESLAUGHTERMAIMBURNDEATHmas everyone!

[Urist Imiknorris]

Reason's greetings!

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Geason's Reetings! Meh lad.

[Svarte Troner]

Happy Malkh-Festival to you all!

[Ancre]

Merry Christmas !

Spoiler: my Christmas rant (click to show/hide)

The whole "seasons greetings" and "happy holidays" and "merry x-mas" has always seemed inane and a bit insulting to me. Is the world so politically correct or anti-religion that we can't express our wishes that they have a good time on the holiday that we are celebrating, even if the other person isn't celebrating it? I never take offense if a Jewish person tells me Happy Hanukkah, I always just say it back to them. I imagine my Jewish friends would have felt a bit insulted if I had wished them a happy x-kah this year. Anyway...

Merry Christmas! 

And to you as well. I personally have been going with 'Merry Mas' these past few days, since I celebrate Christmas without the Christ.  Never got the point of X-mas. It's harder to say than the original and doesn't mean anything different, to my knowledge.

I know the feeling, I feel the same things for "CE" and "BCE". And I think x-mas is just a lazy faster way to type christmas. An abbreviation of some sort.

[Remalle]

Fun fact: the "X" in "Xmas" is actually the Greek letter chi, Χ, which stands for Χριστός (Christ).  So it means the exact same thing!
Also, Merry Boxing Day everybody.

[Heron TSG]

Fun fact: the "X" in "Xmas" is actually the Greek letter chi, Χ, which stands for Χριστός (Christ).  So it means the exact same thing!

Well I never.

I know the feeling, I feel the same things for "CE" and "BCE". And I think x-mas is just a lazy faster way to type Christmas. An abbreviation of some sort.

Difference being that both X-mas and Christmas imply a relation to the Jesus, while BCE/CE and BC/AD differ on that aspect.

Have a happy Boxing day, everyone, even though I'm not entirely sure what it is. The day upon which boxes are used as sleds in whimsical racing events? That sounds like a blast; I hope that's it.

[Owlbread]

Joyous kwanzaa.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I think Boxing Day is the day that you toss out the boxes. Or maybe it celebrates Joseph knocking out the three wise men after they did something.
Theology isn't my strong suit...

[Lagslayer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day

[GreatWyrmGold]

I like my guesses better.