Citizen Staff Writer
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The story: In a column, Jeff Smith rails against the “horse effluvium” that is the limp expression “Happy holidays.”
Your take: From the comment atop this column (by David O.), Jeff is preaching to the choir, to an extent. But not everyone is singing from the same hymnal.
“Say whatever you feel,” says Jason N., be it “Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa or whatever expression.” Just don’t get offended, he says.
What about “Happy Solstice!”? That’s how Jared H., a self-styled “agnostic anarcho-liberaltarian” greets people at this time of year.
But one man’s anarcho-liberaltarianism is another’s “self-inflated ego atheist” (according to Sam W.) or “neopaganlibernazi.” That’s the expression Steve H. has coined to describe those who have “forgotten how to smile, relax and enjoy themselves” at this time of year.
Edward R. says “Happy holidays” just because it’s faster than “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.” “No offense meant, no agenda behind it.” Eddi M.’s rejoinder: “Wow! You must be awfully busy that you need to shorten a Christmas greeting to save time. No offense. . . .”
Compiled by PAUL SCHWALBACH
pschwalb@tucsoncitizen.com
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