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Which do you go by?
Christmas 24%  24%  [ 4 ]
Hanukkah 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Holidays 24%  24%  [ 4 ]
Kwanzaa 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Ramadan 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Saturnalia/Winter Solstice 24%  24%  [ 4 ]
It's "Merry Christmas", jacka** 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Other 24%  24%  [ 4 ]
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20 Dec 2008, 9:38 am

Random curiosity.



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20 Dec 2008, 11:49 am

As an aside, Ramadan is not during this time of year generally. It was a couple months ago, but it changes every year because the Muslims can't keep accurate time.


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20 Dec 2008, 11:57 am

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20 Dec 2008, 12:16 pm

I prefer Happy Holidays, just because not everyone you run into celebrates Christmas. Sometimes, when someone says "Merry Christmas" to me, I want to reply, "I don't celebrate Christmas, I celebrate Kwanzaa." :lol:



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20 Dec 2008, 6:50 pm

I prefer happy holidays for a very pragmatic reason: The holidays start and thus I won't see most of the usual suspects until the next year, thus Schöne Feiertage means Merry $whateveryoucelebrate and a happy new year. Since there are several bank holidays during this time, it should not insult those who do not have a religious celebration at that time.


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20 Dec 2008, 7:58 pm

I like saying Winter Solstice just to see peoples reactions, or "Clocksmas" in honor of Santa Clocks. (Long story involving a small forum I go to involving a hacker named Clockface)



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25 Dec 2008, 7:21 am

I say "happy December" and get strange looks.


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25 Dec 2008, 5:14 pm

I say "Happy Holidays" for the sole and singular purpose of spiting that miserable douche Bill O'Reilly. :lol:


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