Manbird wrote: 

awwww neck punch!

 oldviolin wrote: 
 It's all about hard core experience finally catching up with youthful exuberance.

I am an equal opportunity greeter... I don't care if it is Happy Hanukkah  or Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays or Happy Solstice.. It is all meant in GOOD SPIRIT.I don't like it when people get their panties in a wad over this.  Just be glad somebody spoke to you and wished you well.    Be tolerant and loving  and of 'good cheer'.
Merry Christmas Everybody

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
I actually don't wish people Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah unless I know them well enough to know what holiday they celebrate. If I want to wish a greeting to someone I don't know at this time of year, I will tell them to enjoy the season or have a wonderful New Year. I don't assume that someone celebrates one holiday or another. It's a personal matter for people, and I like to leave it that way.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Is that the part where you go to the principals office for indoctrination...er... salvation?

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 

47 pages long; in triplicate

 hippiechick wrote: 
How do you know? Do you have some sort of litmus test you apply before you attempt to spread joy?

 hippiechick wrote: 
You like splitting hairs don't you.  The fact is you wished people a Happy Hanukkah and then bitch about people wishing you a Merry Christmas.

You are again caught in your continued hypocrisy.

You have no idea how ridiculous you are do you?

 hippiechick wrote: 
Yes, that clears up the contradiction. Oh, look, non celebrators are in there, gathering and sharing good will! Wonders ever unceasing...

 mzpro5 wrote: 
I don't know where the first page went, but if I am not mistaken, it said "Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate"

 hippiechick wrote: 
So if that is the case WHAT IS THIS?

You started a thread "HAPPY HANUKKAH".  How dare you offend me like that.

You are just a whiny "hippecrit".

 Lazy8 wrote: 
So not true, but whatever.

 hippiechick wrote:

You're welcome. Whatever you need to get thru this time of oppressive cheerfulness. Me, I'll have some eggnog.

We live in a diverse place, lots of cultures mingling. We each bring something from our own traditions, and our culture is richer for it. If you insist on dealing with that culture on only your own terms—and being offended by all the others—you will miss out on that experience. The space you get to wish people a happy Hanukkah comes from letting them wish you a merry Christmas.

Namaste.

 Lazy8 wrote: 

meanie

 Lazy8 wrote: 
Thanks, you too! 

 hippiechick wrote:

In that spirit, I will not wish you a merry Christmas. Have a miserable, thin-skinned, easily-offended Christmas full of imagined slights and religious paranoia.

 buzz wrote: 
I didn't say I hated it, I just don't get why people insist on saying something to me that is totally meaningless to me. The examples that you gave are not relevant, they are completely different than wishing someone Merry Christmas.

This kind of thinking, that everyone should enjoy Christmas, how could they not?  is what leads to Jewish kids being held in the principal's office until they accept Jesus as their savior (that's a true story, one of many). 

But it's just my opinion, and obviously I am wrong and you are all right.  

 hippiechick wrote: 


You just don't get it, do you. Do you get pissy when someone says "good luck" or "have a nice day"?

I think birthdays are a load of crap, but I don't get upset when someone says "happy birthday" to me.

Why do you hate it when someone says something nice to you. Show some class and just thank them and move on.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
What does that mean?

 hippiechick wrote: