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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