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Happy Holidays (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by Grayox@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] flicker@kbin.social 68 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm white. I have blue eyes. And when I was young, my hair was red. I was working retail, and this old lady said "Merry Christmas."

Me: "Happy Holidays!"

Her: "It's Merry Christmas. I know your boss doesn't like it, but you should say it to me. So Merry Christmas."

Me: "Are you Christian?"

Her: "Yes."

Me: "Well, I'm not. So Happy Holidays."

She got so stunned, like I'd slapped her. I was quite ready to get called in for being some kind of way with a customer but I guess she was too afraid of dealing with a heathen. Still, if you've ever worked retail, you'd know why this felt like a victory.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 11 months ago

I currently work in retail and OH MY GODS I FELT THE

T R I U M P H

THROUGH MY PHONE.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 11 months ago

Hopefully you're young enough that you didn't have to deal with the christmas cd on repeat

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 11 months ago (2 children)

People that say this are so silly.

You're not being oppressed. It's just that saying merry Christmas to a crowd of diverse backgrounds is like wishing your mum a happy fathers day. She won't be mad or offended, she'll just think she should have breastfed you.

[–] crackajack@reddthat.com 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I say Happy Holidays to someone I know who obviously doesn't celebrate Christmas.

Also, it is weird for conservative Americans to be offended not greeting "Happy Christmas", when the migrant ancestors of modern Americans did not celebrate it as a holiday until more recently. Protestants thought celebrating Christmas is a Catholic abomination. Look how tables have turned and acting hypocritical as always...

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago

Most "traditions", including holiday traditions, food culture, etc, are incredibly recent things. But people cling to it like they are the totality of their identify.

[–] Wrrzag@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's different in the US and other cultures, but as an atheist I've never seen the phrase as a very religious thing. I say "merry Christmas" and "happy holidays" indistinctly and I've never seen anyone offended by the use of either, independtly of their faith (or lack thereof).

I say "merry Christmas" on the actual Christmas day though.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

No one is offended besides the hardcore Christians. No muslim or orthodox Christian or whatever would be mad if you wish them merry Christmas if that's the thing where you both live. As always, it's fake fabricated outrage.

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Merry Christmas!

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago

Happy Hondadays.

[–] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Prison. Immediately.

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Christmas is a prison. – Foucault supposedly

[–] SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 11 months ago

I work with people in three different time zones. There is always someone having a flower festival, religious day or national holiday. Nobody gets offended for forgetting a holiday or if they did they don't last long.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Merry Chrysler!

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Blasphemy, we celebrate Hondadays in this houshold!!!!

[–] lemmiter@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year and Merry Hanukkah !!

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 5 points 11 months ago

This meme is pushing it because, well, meme. And that's all fine.

As a non-native atheist speaker, though, I have to say "happy holidays" just doesn't roll off the tongue the way "merry christmas" does.

It's not a big deal at all, but I do find it annoying at the minimal level.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Season gettings 🤮

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Merry Christmas!

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe that's actually why they support fascism-lite?