Happy Holidays

[Marshall]

Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a good night.

Marshall

[incrediBILL]

BAH! HUMBUG! :)

[Marshall]

Okay Scrooge. Lump of coal for you!

Marshall

[lucy24]

His heart is three sizes too small.

[lexipixel]

Considering energy prices, coal may not be such a bad gift these days -- depends how big of a lump you get.

[tangor]

A lump of coal AND the Carbon Tax on top of that? How Rude! :)

Merry Christmas!

[lexipixel]

hmmm.... I wonder if the recipient would be responsible for the tax if that was not expressly disclosed before accepting the gift.

[Marshall]

In the US, there is the "Gift Tax," but I believe you are allowed to give away 5 mil before paying it.

Marshall

[Planet13]

Thanks for the Merry Christmas. I missed hearing it this year.

You see, I work in the front of one of our retail stores, and NOBODY said Merry Christmas to me. It was just "Happy Holidays."

I did get one woman who wished me a "Merry Winter Solstice." but that was the closest thing to a Merry Christmas I heard.

Seems like this year more than any in the past, people have really tried to be politically correct.

[lucy24]

Funny, I've always seen it the other way around. "I know some people don't celebrate Christmas but if I say 'Happy Holidays' they can't possibly take offense so I'm secretly still saying 'Merry Christmas' and there's not a thing they can do about it."

[Planet13]

"I know some people don't celebrate Christmas but if I say 'Happy Holidays' they can't possibly take offense so I'm secretly still saying 'Merry Christmas' and there's not a thing they can do about it."

I guess the thing that really got to me was that TWO different customers wished me a "Merry Whatever" this year.

[incrediBILL]

I wish people whatever holiday it says on the calendar, Hanukkah, Christmas, whatever, and if some idiot gets offended I have way better phrases to assist with the offending and they'll quickly forget I offered them a Happy or Merry anything! :)

What next Happy New Years will offend people that use a different calendar?

Happy Fourth of July will offend those that don't like America?

Seriously, if you don't celebrate Hanukkah why would you be upset that someone wished you a Happy Hanukkah? Heck, I'll take 8 days of happy anything! Likewise, why would someone take offense to a Merry Christmas? It's not like anyone is shoving their religion down your throat, they're wishing you a merry day, is that such a bad thing?

Maybe they'd feel better if I said "Have a Crappy Christmas and a Horrible New Years"

No political correctness here for the Holidays, just Holiday correctness! :)

[Marshall]

Bill,

It will be a "Horrible New Years" as I believe the world comes to an end on 12/20/2012 and there will be no Christmas next year, according to the Aztecs.

Marshall

[lexipixel]

world comes to an end on 12/20/2012

...better check with Harold Camping, he seems to top the list for number of predicted dates for the Apocalypse:

[en.wikipedia.org...]

..he could give a new meaning to the phrase "Let's Go Camping".

[lawman]

Man does a simple "merry christmas" and we can't handle it.

[Marshall]

A sincere, though belated, Merry Christmas lawman :)

Marshall