The Happy Holidays controversy brings to mind something from Orwell's 1984 - NEWSPEAK. Eliminate ideas by eliminating words.
December 25 is Christmas, so the greeting should be Merry Christmas. This year we could add Happy Hannukah because Hannukah starts on December 25. Happy Holidays is generic, not properly descriptive. We could be talking New Year or 4th of July.
I don't know about you, but I don't think anything from Orwell's world of 1984 is worth having around. Let's leave Newspeak in the book - the only place it belongs.
December 25 is Christmas, so the greeting should be Merry Christmas. This year we could add Happy Hannukah because Hannukah starts on December 25. Happy Holidays is generic, not properly descriptive. We could be talking New Year or 4th of July.
I don't know about you, but I don't think anything from Orwell's world of 1984 is worth having around. Let's leave Newspeak in the book - the only place it belongs.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and Happy New Year - know what I mean?
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