StarMars Online » merry http://www.starmarsonline.com My World on the Wide Web Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:32:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays http://www.starmarsonline.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-or-happy-holidays/ http://www.starmarsonline.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-or-happy-holidays/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:36:08 +0000 StarMars http://www.starmarsonline.com/?p=588 A few days ago, I visited many blogs and read many posts and commented on majority of them in the spirit of Christmas. While doing so, I was struck with a question – whether to use Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. The dilemma stems from the possibility that the blog author is non-Christian and may be offended by such a greeting. As a general rule, I used Happy Holidays unless I saw the word Christmas in any of the posts.

There’s also this article I’ve read somewhere saying that a US law was passed changing the holiday name from Merry Christmas to Happy Holidays. Correct me if I’m wrong because I’m not American. A friend in the US told me that these two greetings are used interchangeably. And so I did a little research. Apparently Happy Holidays is used as a greeting for all winter holidays including Thanksgiving and New Year. That makes Merry Christmas the more appropriate term.

It  isn’t really important which greeting you use as long as the true meaning of the season is there – giving, sharing and loving.Read More:

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