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On Holidays...
14 years ago
Well as usual Christmas is sneaking up on me again this year. One more day and it will be Christmas eve, which to be honest, I'm quite excited for. My family likes to get together to have a traditional Ukrainian dinner every year. It's a big feast with several courses including perogies, cabbage rolls, borscht, salmon, etc. I just love being with my family during the holidays, something I always took for granted as a little girl.
Since we're on the topic of Christmas I thought I would give my own two cents on a small issue that's been surrounding North America. That;s right I'm going to talk about this whole "Happy Holidays" thing. :P Now now! Hold your tomatoes and hear me out. Now if you're not from Canada or the U.S. then let me briefly explain. Recently it has come to terms that saying "Merry Christmas" is insensitive since the other person might not celebrate Christmas, so people are trying to motivate others to say "Happy Holidays" instead because its politically correct.
Now to be honest, I don't really have a "BIG" issue with this like some do, however, its not really the words that bother me its the motivation behind them. I mean you can say "Happy shut the fuck up" for all I care if that's what you like saying, but its the idea that we're being pressured to say something else that bothers me. About a year ago I was talking to my grandfather about this whole hub bub and he probably said one of the wisest things I had heard, which was. "If someone said to me Happy Hanukkah, then I would say back to them Happy Hanukkah". My grandfather was Christian of course, and didn't celebrate Hanukkah. It's the idea that it doesn't matter what you celebrate, when someone wishes you good feelings from a tradition of their religion, is it so wrong to just wish those good feelings and cheer right back to them?
Well I don't know, that's just my two cents on the matter. So whatever you celebrate sweets, this little gecko wishes that the coming days bring you nothing short of joy and warmth.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Yule and all that good shit! <3
Since we're on the topic of Christmas I thought I would give my own two cents on a small issue that's been surrounding North America. That;s right I'm going to talk about this whole "Happy Holidays" thing. :P Now now! Hold your tomatoes and hear me out. Now if you're not from Canada or the U.S. then let me briefly explain. Recently it has come to terms that saying "Merry Christmas" is insensitive since the other person might not celebrate Christmas, so people are trying to motivate others to say "Happy Holidays" instead because its politically correct.
Now to be honest, I don't really have a "BIG" issue with this like some do, however, its not really the words that bother me its the motivation behind them. I mean you can say "Happy shut the fuck up" for all I care if that's what you like saying, but its the idea that we're being pressured to say something else that bothers me. About a year ago I was talking to my grandfather about this whole hub bub and he probably said one of the wisest things I had heard, which was. "If someone said to me Happy Hanukkah, then I would say back to them Happy Hanukkah". My grandfather was Christian of course, and didn't celebrate Hanukkah. It's the idea that it doesn't matter what you celebrate, when someone wishes you good feelings from a tradition of their religion, is it so wrong to just wish those good feelings and cheer right back to them?
Well I don't know, that's just my two cents on the matter. So whatever you celebrate sweets, this little gecko wishes that the coming days bring you nothing short of joy and warmth.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Yule and all that good shit! <3
I'm glad you have something to look forward to this Christmas. My family is fucked up. Senile grandmothers, a disabled cousin with an annoying sister, and an uncle with a mood disorder who flies into a violent rage every year.