Christmas vs "Holidays"

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Christmas vs "Holidays"

Legg inn av Gjest » 27 des 2004 20:51:03

wrongaddress@att.net wrote in a message to All:

wa> From: wrongaddress@att.net

Maybe she's not a Christian, or that she keeps it non-religious
to avoid offending non-Christians.

wa> Actually, she's Catholic and represents a predominately hispanic
wa> district of mostly Catholics. So, there doesn't seem to be a motive
wa> to avoiding the word Christmas in a majority Catholic neighborhood.
wa> But I'm sure it buys votes in one way or another.

So she was sending a greeting for ALL the holidays, Chrisdtmas, St Stephen, St
John the Evangelist, the Holy Innocents, the Circumcision up to and including
the Epiphany. It's easier to say "the holidays" than to put all those on a
card.

But note that it is only in the US that "holidays" retains its religious
connotation. In the rest of the world its meaning is entirely secular, meaning
bothing more than "vacation". And so sending such a card means "Enjoy your
vacation and drive carefully". As they say around here "Arrive alive"

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Re: Christmas vs "Holidays"

Legg inn av Gjest » 28 des 2004 03:28:08

It's easier to say "the holidays" than to put all those on a card.

It's more likely she is obeying orders from the Democratic
National Committee. Representatives who ignore orders from the
committee lose their campaign funding and the next election.
-Bill

singhals

Re: Christmas vs "Holidays"

Legg inn av singhals » 28 des 2004 14:58:01

wrongaddress@att.net wrote:

It's easier to say "the holidays" than to put all those on a card.


It's more likely she is obeying orders from the Democratic
National Committee. Representatives who ignore orders from the
committee lose their campaign funding and the next election.
-Bill


Geez, are you that young?

Back in the 1960s, a number of persons, some of them in positions of
authority at the GAO and IGO, noted that Christmas is a religious
holiday for one and only one religion. Sending out Christmas Cards is
therefore not-allowed-at-taxpayer-expense (no establishment, etc).
However, Holiday Cards are generic enough to cover Christmas, Channauka,
Eid, Dewali, and the Solstice so those MAY be sent at Taxpayer Expense
using the Congressional Frank.

There was an almost over-night switch in the Halls of Congress from
Christmas Cards to Holiday Cards.


Cheryl

James A. Doemer

Re: Christmas vs "Holidays"

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 29 des 2004 07:49:39

"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message
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wrongaddress@att.net wrote:

It's easier to say "the holidays" than to put all those on a card.


It's more likely she is obeying orders from the Democratic
National Committee. Representatives who ignore orders from the
committee lose their campaign funding and the next election.
-Bill


Geez, are you that young?

Back in the 1960s, a number of persons, some of them in positions of
authority at the GAO and IGO, noted that Christmas is a religious
holiday for one and only one religion. Sending out Christmas Cards is
therefore not-allowed-at-taxpayer-expense (no establishment, etc).
However, Holiday Cards are generic enough to cover Christmas, Channauka,
Eid, Dewali, and the Solstice so those MAY be sent at Taxpayer Expense
using the Congressional Frank.

There was an almost over-night switch in the Halls of Congress from
Christmas Cards to Holiday Cards.


Cheryl


Ah, now that you mention it, I do remember that now. Thanks for refreshing
my memory.

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