while it seems everyone else says ‘happy christmas’

which imo is a way better phrase, it’s very … pragmatic. happiness is more attainable than merriment. how often is anyone merry?

  • MonsterMonster@lemmy.world
    53·
    11 months ago

    UK here… Merry Christmas, yes. Happy Christmas, yes. Happy Holidays, no, no, no and just for effect no.

    • GarrulousBrevity@lemmy.world
      7·
      11 months ago

      What if you don’t intend to see someone before New Year’s and want to wish them a happy New Year as well, while being lazy?

      I really don’t get this hatred for “Happy Holidays”, because even if you want to discredit the non Christian holidays in December/January, there are still two…

      • donuts@kbin.social
        5·
        11 months ago

        I think some people (usually right wing Americans who watched too much Fox News back in the 2000s) are opposed to “happy holidays” because they don’t want to acknowledge other religions.

        And then there are snobby Europeans who hate and avoid the phrase because it sounds “too American”.