Happy or Merry

sterculelum · 25-12-2005 11:07pm #1

Which is it? I usually say "happy", but it sounds a bit cold... Merry is real chrissssssmasssy but maybe a bit British...

Riamfada · 25-12-2005 11:12pm

How about a Gay aul time?

sterculelum · 25-12-2005 11:15pm

Yeah there is always that...

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 25-12-2005 11:37pm

How about Happy Holidays

MrJoeSoap · 25-12-2005 11:43pm

I'm a Happy Christmas man myself.

Mimikyu · 25-12-2005 11:46pm

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Somnus · 25-12-2005 11:57pm

I say Happy Chrsitmas. Dont know why, just prefer it to "merry" whichg seems a bit, i dont know, put on maybe.

_Kaiser_ · 26-12-2005 12:00am

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year .. flows much better

sterculelum · 26-12-2005 12:00am

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year .. flows much better

True that...

Ravage1616 · 26-12-2005 12:09am

Happy christmas man myself!

godtabh · 26-12-2005 12:10am

Merry Christmas Happy New Year

Binomate · 26-12-2005 12:12am

Both.

RobertFoster · 26-12-2005 12:12am

Depends on if I'm including New Years. It's either "Happy Christmas" or "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". Saying "Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year" doesn't sound right.

Mr.Nice Guy · 26-12-2005 1:14am

sterculelum wrote:

Which is it? I usually say "happy", but it sounds a bit cold... Merry is real chrissssssmasssy but maybe a bit British...

What have you got against Britishness?

*adele* · 26-12-2005 1:19am

Atari Jinglebells
has a ring...

parsi · 26-12-2005 1:27am

"Happy" is yer man. Merry is one step away from Boxing Day.....

bluto63 · 26-12-2005 1:40am

merry

muffin_man · 26-12-2005 1:50am

Happy Holidays for me! That keeps it ethnically correct!

Mr.Nice Guy · 26-12-2005 1:56am

muffin_man wrote:

Happy Holidays for me! That keeps it ethnically correct!

No it means you're a victim of the PC brigade. A pity.

Beer is Life · 26-12-2005 2:10am

I cant stomach all this happy/merry christmas ****e. I'll say it in a text or whatever, but I cant bring myself to actually say it. My cold, black heart at it again.

muffin_man · 26-12-2005 2:14am

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

No it means you're a victim of the PC brigade. A pity.

What does that mean? All I know is that in New York very few say merry/happy Christmas as a good proportion of the population don't even celebrate Christmas!

Sully · 26-12-2005 2:35am

Merry for me, but I say Happy a lot :P

Erm, Seasons Greetings to..

Dont like Happy Holidays. Takes the Xmas Feeling away, blasted google and there mice ><

rainbow kirby · 26-12-2005 2:36am

Bah humbug! I'm not the world's most Christmassy person...

thejovialhost · 26-12-2005 2:37am

Merry Christmas i say, Merry Christmas!! Although Atari Jinglebells is good too

Mr.Nice Guy · 26-12-2005 2:40am

muffin_man wrote:

What does that mean? All I know is that in New York very few say merry/happy Christmas as a good proportion of the population don't even celebrate Christmas!

It means you're buying into the nonsense that ethnic minorities will in some way be offended by the words 'Merry Christmas'. Most don't give a damn and it's the bleeding heart brigade who make an issue out of it.

thejovialhost · 26-12-2005 2:41am

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

it's the bleeding hearts brigade who make an issue out of it.

Here here, at last someone said it outloud!

the_viper2kie · 26-12-2005 10:41am

thejovialhost wrote:

Here here, at last someone said it outloud!

Had a conversation about this to my dad who works for an american multinational. He said its gone absolutely crazy in the states and that by right he's supposed to say happy holidays...this is absolute crap...which he knows and still says happy christmas because he is celebrating the birth of christ. Over in america they are trying to call it the winter holiday season now! what a load of rubbish! He was saying he wishes people happy chinese new year and wishes them well on ramadam. The world should be learning to get along knowing about diversity and differences in belief not trying to make it all a big secret and creating a world full of people afraid to offend others beliefs. just my €0.02.

muffin_man · 26-12-2005 4:23pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

It means you're buying into the nonsense that ethnic minorities will in some way be offended by the words 'Merry Christmas'. Most don't give a damn and it's the bleeding heart brigade who make an issue out of it.

Actually Mr. Nice Guy you're 100% wrong! The reason I say happy holidays is because I grew up in the middle east and almost everyone around me got the holiday but certainly didn't celebrate the holiday! Why would I say Merry Christmas to someone who doesn't celebrate it or someone who doesn't even know what it is exactly!!! It's out of habit from my childhood that I say happy holidays so next time you go accusing me of "buying into nonsense" think it through first!

RefulgentGnomon · 26-12-2005 6:52pm

Dr.Poca wrote:

I say Happy Chrsitmas

I find that a bit difficult to pronounce, tbh.

Mr.Nice Guy · 26-12-2005 9:44pm

muffin_man wrote:

Actually Mr. Nice Guy you're 100% wrong! The reason I say happy holidays is because I grew up in the middle east and almost everyone around me got the holiday but certainly didn't celebrate the holiday! Why would I say Merry Christmas to someone who doesn't celebrate it or someone who doesn't even know what it is exactly!!! It's out of habit from my childhood that I say happy holidays so next time you go accusing me of "buying into nonsense" think it through first!

Yeah right. Your own words on this thread were:

muffin_man wrote:

Happy Holidays for me! That keeps it ethnically correct!

Ethnically correct? What a load of nonsense.

You seem to be a typical victim of the PC brigade. Absolutely terrified that you might offend somebody. Get over it.

muffin_man · 26-12-2005 10:43pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Ethnically correct? What a load of nonsense.

You seem to be a typical victim of the PC brigade. Absolutely terrified that you might offend somebody. Get over it.

You can't detect the sarcasm there? Who would get offended by being wished a happy/merry Christmas. You just gota appreciate that most of the world doesn't celebrate Christmas! To non Chrisitans living in dominantly Christian parts of the world all Christams is is a few days off of school, college, work etc! Hence, it's just a holiday! Saying happy holidays makes sense in this context! I don't say happy/merry Eid-Al-Adha, Mawlid an-Nabi or Ramadan to any Muslim friends I have when they come around!

Mr.Nice Guy · 26-12-2005 10:47pm

muffin_man wrote:

You can't detect the sarcasm there? Who would get offended by being wished a happy/merry Christmas.

There was no sarcasm there. Stop inventing tales. You even say in one of your posts above:

muffin_man wrote:

All I know is that in New York very few say merry/happy Christmas as a good proportion of the population don't even celebrate Christmas!

Your position is that it is offensive to say 'Merry Christmas' because some people don't celebrate Christmas.

I'm telling you that's rubbish.

muffin_man · 26-12-2005 11:03pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Your position is that it is offensive to say 'Merry Christmas' because some people don't celebrate Christmas.

I'm telling you that's rubbish.

You're making no sense! I'm in New York right now and I have found that few people say merry/happy Christmas! This is due, I presume, to the fact that it is a very ethnically diverse place and a good proportion of the population don't celebrate the holiday. Not once did I say it was because people got offended by it! What's the point in wishing someone a merry Christmas when all it is to them is a holiday! I'm not saying it's wrong, I'm just saying I see where people are coming from and it has nothing to do with offending anyone! You're looking at this very narrow mindedly!

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