Comments on: May all your xmases be brown

By: JJO

JJO — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:40:01 +0000

“If every Sunday, people walked up to him and said, “Happy Day of the Lord”, he might.”

Really?

Did it happen when ennis red Anna’s post

http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/004045.html

By: Fuerza Dulce

Fuerza Dulce — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:36:56 +0000

blockquote>ennis, do you also suffer from increased risk of heart attack every friday because your workplace chose to give the weekend as a holiday, something that originated because sunday is the day of the lord which is the memorial of the resurrection of jesus christ?

If every Sunday, people walked up to him and said, "Happy Day of the Lord", he might.

By: SK

SK — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:25:42 +0000

And thanks for introducing me to Goodness Gracious Me. It’s so good… I haven’t been able to get enough of it!!

By: SK

SK — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:23:37 +0000

Just felt like quoting Bart Simpson: “Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.” Happy New Year!!

By: jacob

jacob — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:13:37 +0000

2010: YEAR of the DESI AVATAR

On the topic of getting aggravated by hearing “Happy Holidays” or “Merry Crhistmas” – to me it seems like such a silly thing to get aggravated over, I get joy in working people up over it. The Germans call this schadenfreude (sp.). I suppose it’s in line with saying “Bah Humbug.”

By: logic

logic — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:49:45 +0000

ennis, do you also suffer from increased risk of heart attack every friday because your workplace chose to give the weekend as a holiday, something that originated because sunday is the day of the lord which is the memorial of the resurrection of jesus christ?

By: Disney's Prince Naveen

Disney's Prince Naveen — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:05:26 +0000

Disney's latest movie casts a Desi as the hero:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/223508

By: 2010: YEAR of the DESI AVATAR

2010: YEAR of the DESI AVATAR — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:00:36 +0000

I like to find out what aggravates people the most, and then go with that decision.

Why?

By: jacob

jacob — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:10:04 +0000

Honestly, except for the devotees of Malkin and O'Reilly, I've never heard of any American being offended by Happy Holidays.

Well, the devotees of Malkin and O'Reilly make up a huge segment of American society.

Personally, being a Christian desi, I like to find out what aggravates people the most, and then go with that decision. It is completely idiotic to be offended by "Happy Holidays." Holidays is derived from "holy days," its use seeks to include religion as a factor for the season. But, on the other hand, I love saying Merry Christmas to folks offended by that. I simply don't get how that is offensive. I fundamentally I don't view Thanksgiving as a holy day nor one woth celebrating, but when people wish Happy Thanksgiving to me, I don't get offended. I was with a co-worker the other day who was an Orthodox Jew. Someone addressed both of us with "Happy Hannukkah" - I didn't find that the least offensive.

By: logic

logic — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:14:12 +0000

I don't wish my Buddhist friends a happy Hanukkah. I don't wish my Muslim friends a happy Gurpurab

tne analogy does not hold with merry christmas in the us

The USA was *founded* by Christians who left England in part because they objected to the celebration of Christmas

the celebration of christmas in the 1700s has no similarity to celebration of christmas today.

=I'm not being unamerican by contesting this issue, quite the opposite.

not unamerican, just silly, which i guess is pretty american, if one thinks about it.