merry xmas

[annag]

and no, i don't think that's rude to say, regardless of whether someone is culturally xtian

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[little_e_]

I'll believe it's cultural when they take the word 'Christ' out of it.

and replacing with a letter isn't good enough, i suppose..

[annag]

And that word is somehow more than a cultural legend?
Well, happy Faulenzentag, then, or Darwin's birthday or what-have-you.
At that moment I had been celebrating, joyful merely due to the date,
a fact which i later bemoaned in a subsequent entry.
Not all cultural things are happy, just as aren't all exciting things fun.
And, you are welcome to reject portions of my culture that don't suit you.
Shall I be quieter about my opinions? Perhaps then I will not wish you a
Happy Tuesday, follower of Moon-day. I think i prefer Freya's day, though.

Re: and replacing with a letter isn't good enough, i suppose..

[little_e_]

By letter, I assume you mean X? The letter used by the Greeks to abbreviate the word Christ, which they wrote XP, AKA the Chi Rho, used in churches all over the planet (including every single one I've ever attended) to signify Christ?

Well, it means Christ. So... The replacement is basically meaningless. You're still writing 'Christmas', you're just abbreviating it.

All religious events are cultural. So if your biggest argument is that Christmas is a cultural holiday, well, so is Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and Boxing Day. Of course, I have no problem with being wished a Merry Kwanzaa or happy Boxing Day or whatever. But the fact that Chanukah is cultural doesn't erase the fact that it has religious significance.

Well-wishes are well-wishes no matter how they're wished.

[annag]

Happy Boxing Day, then. It's my (maternal) grandparents' anniversary.

And, insubstantial context-less questions about the meaning of regrets,
and of comparing the worth of things to their not being there, to you!

Btw, care to inform me of the Big Picture? I didn't know there was one.