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summercomfort) wrote2018-12-25 08:51 pm
summercomfort) wrote2018-12-25 08:51 pm
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"I don't celebrate Christmas," I say, as I teach my daughter how to wrap presents. "It's just that Rutabaga likes Christmas trees and I should really teach her the joy of giving."
"I don't celebrate Christmas," I say, as I buy presents for my in-laws. "It's just that we have to visit them for Christmas."
"I don't celebrate Christmas," I say, as I sit around and eat dinner with my husband's relatives and open presents. "I'm just here because it's good to hang out with family."
maybe I *do* celebrate Christmas
Side note:
It kind of bothers me when people say "Happy Holidays" when they just mean "Merry Christmas." It's like -- yes, congratulations on realizing that other people might not celebrate Christmas. But Channukah and Diwali are already past, Asian Lunar New Year is in February, and the 2 Eids are in June and Aug this year, so saying "Happy Holidays" in the last 2 weeks of December feels Euro-centric to me. If you celebrate Christmas, just say Merry Christmas when you're celebrating, and then wish your non-Christmas-celebrating friends good holiday tidings on their respective holidays. I personally love it when people say Happy New Year to me in February (or Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the other big one for me.)
"I don't celebrate Christmas," I say, as I buy presents for my in-laws. "It's just that we have to visit them for Christmas."
"I don't celebrate Christmas," I say, as I sit around and eat dinner with my husband's relatives and open presents. "I'm just here because it's good to hang out with family."
Side note:
It kind of bothers me when people say "Happy Holidays" when they just mean "Merry Christmas." It's like -- yes, congratulations on realizing that other people might not celebrate Christmas. But Channukah and Diwali are already past, Asian Lunar New Year is in February, and the 2 Eids are in June and Aug this year, so saying "Happy Holidays" in the last 2 weeks of December feels Euro-centric to me. If you celebrate Christmas, just say Merry Christmas when you're celebrating, and then wish your non-Christmas-celebrating friends good holiday tidings on their respective holidays. I personally love it when people say Happy New Year to me in February (or Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the other big one for me.)
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Now that is an interesting perspective on Happy Holidays, which I use because I don't want to seem to be assuming that the person I'm talking to celebrates Christmas -- I'm not telling them what I celebrate but wishing them a happyy celebration of what they celebrate. Or at least trying too. (But I also try to wish people Happy Chinese New Year in February and Happy Rosh Hashanah in September ands on)
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haha. I usually say merry Christmas if I know they celebrate or if they say it to me. If I know they don't celebrate, then I'm like "hope you got your groceries ahead of time". And in a few days I get to say "good riddance to 2018", which ... yeah. Good Riddance.
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Good Riddance to 2018 is the BEST GREETING AND TRUEST STATEMENT.