Thursday, December 01, 2005
Don't Wish Me Merry Christmas ... Yet
The Catholic Commentariat at open book getting all fussed about nothing. Again. A high school offers wishes for Happy Holidays. Fine by me. George sensibly comments about Jerry Falwell's foray into the dismay. It's not Christmas until sundown of December 24th. I will accept Merry (or Happy) Christmas from that point until the day after Epiphany. Until then, it is Advent. "Happy Holidays" will do just fine.
And if someone wants to slip and offer me a "Happy Holidays" after the 24th, that'll be okay, too, for I do observe Holy Family, New Year's, the Solemnity of Mary, and especially the Epiphany. Holidays, plural. And I promise not to respond "And with your spirit" no matter what greeting you give me.
