In a Wedneday column on the UCF website titled “A Holiday Greeting That Applies to Everyone,” Fine argues that “Happy Federal Holiday” is a more inclusive holiday greeting than saying “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Chanukah,” or even “Happy Holidays.”
Part of the problem, Dr. Fine explains, is that “People wish each other ‘Merry Christmas’ whether they know the other person’s religious background or not,” even though Christmas occurs around the same time frame as Hanukkah (which Fine refers to as “Chanukah”). Simply saying both “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Chanukah,” Fine argues, isn’t appropriate because “Christmas is one of the two holiest days for Christians, while Chanukah is a minor holiday on the calendar.”
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7 comments:
Wishing someone else goodness is a gift from your heart - if they can't take it as a gift - that's their problem...they're too easily offended.
If I know someone is Jewish, I wish them Happy Hanukkah - a wish of goodness.
These morons should take their political correctness and stick it where the sun doesn't shine!
I'll keep saying it!!! Merry Christmas!
So arrest me!!!!
Find that womans school address and mail her letters with "Merry Christmas" printed all over them.
When I wish someone a Merry Christmas, it's a reflection of my faith and my love of mankind, not an order for them to be something they're not.
Merry Christmas and God bless
I want to replace this professor with a rock , worth about the same !
The stupidity of this? When did Hannukah become a federal holiday?
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