A very warm generic greeting to all of you
To all of my liberal (in the modern American sense) friends:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, sex-neutral, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the wishee.
To everyone else:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Please Note: I didn’t make this up but I also have no idea who to attribute it to.
sage said,
December 17, 2007
My lawyer sent me a holiday card that was somewhat similar but less wordy. What better than a generic holiday greeting to get you in the holiday mood.
sloth said,
December 17, 2007
If elf received a “Happy Winter” card she would probably kill someone.
narnianelf said,
December 18, 2007
Sloth’s comment is true because:
a. There is NOTHING happy about winter. Except the holidays. And there aren’t nearly enough of them to make up for 4 months of snow, ice, darkness, and general misery.
b. I’m one of those close-minded jerks who doesn’t generally support the whole PC thing.
c. I’m still mildly bitter that it was damn near impossible to find cute Christmas cards that actually say “Merry Christmas”.
d. All of the above.
The answer is d. All of the above