{"id":1291,"date":"2015-12-24T13:41:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T18:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2015-12-24T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T18:41:10","slug":"is-it-merry-christmas-or-happy-holidays-or-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/is-it-merry-christmas-or-happy-holidays-or-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, or What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3VCommunications2015XmasMeme.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1292\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1292 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3VCommunications2015XmasMeme.jpg?resize=231%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3VCommunications2015XmasMeme.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3VCommunications2015XmasMeme.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you one of the people concerned that if you say the traditional holiday greeting <em>&#8220;Merry Christmas&#8221;<\/em> that people might feel you are not being inclusive or being politically correct?\u00a0 But don&#8217;t you have the right to practice your own beliefs and follow your own traditions?<\/p>\n<p>Stop fretting over this silly discussion.\u00a0 Ignore what your parents taught you and actually <strong>have<\/strong> your cake and eat it too.\u00a0 Say <em>&#8220;Merry Christmas&#8221;<\/em> if that &#8216;s your tradition or religion, and ALSO say <em>&#8220;Happy Holidays&#8221;<\/em> at the same time, to be inclusive with strangers and people you meet while out and about, especially in large, multicultural cities.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not too difficult to add that phrase.\u00a0 I personally grew up saying <em>&#8220;Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!&#8221;<\/em> so I&#8217;m just replacing the last phrase &#8216;New Year&#8217; with &#8216;Holidays&#8217;, and then next week I&#8217;ll just tell everyone <em>&#8220;Happy New Year&#8221;<\/em> or <em>&#8220;Happy 2016!&#8221; \u00a0 <\/em>I love simplicity.<em>\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you one of the people concerned that if you say the traditional holiday greeting &#8220;Merry Christmas&#8221; that people might feel you are not being inclusive or being politically correct?\u00a0 But don&#8217;t you have the right to practice your own beliefs and follow your own traditions? 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