Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 16:15:58 MST

From: Tom Uharriet UTOM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ADMN.712.NEBO.EDU

Subject: Happy Holidays -vs- Merry Christmas



Tell Viriginia "Merry Christmas" for me. (I've grown tired of being

careful to use the PC "Happy Holidays." Has anyone else notice it

increasingly replacing the former expression?)



Terry Irons





I've never thought much about how PC it is, but I do often use the HH

expression when I don't know which holiday the group is celebrating.

It is less awkward than, "Merry Christmas &/or Happy Hanukkah."

Probably most people on this list intend to celebrate Christmas. But

for those of you who are already a few candles into Hanukkah,

greetings to you too. And, of course, let's all have a happy new

year--unless you only celebrate the new year according the Hebrew

calendar and have therefore already begun your new year. Or unless

it is the Chineese calendar . . . etc. PC or not, if I do not know

how much I have in common with the people I write to, "Happy

Holidays" is closer to my intended message.



HH to you all,



Tom

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