tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post7826284740941318400..comments2023-10-25T04:34:31.394-07:00Comments on My Alternate Reality: Holiday GreetingsBuddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17142269413009487783noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-19515730367970188652006-12-19T14:01:00.000-08:002006-12-19T14:01:00.000-08:00Try imagining yourself as the minority. It change...Try imagining yourself as the minority. It changes your perspective pretty quickly. Everyone wishes me a Merry Christmas. If just one single solitary person wished me a Blessed Yule, I'd get over my issues right quick, but it ain't gonna happen.Pinot Princesshttp://pinotprincess.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-38663263845661914282006-12-19T14:05:00.000-08:002006-12-19T14:05:00.000-08:00My argument is that you should greet with your hol...My argument is that you should greet with your holiday and the person should recipricate with that same holiday or at the very least say, "thank you and you too."Buddhttp://budd.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-50405226662190893772006-12-19T14:08:00.000-08:002006-12-19T14:08:00.000-08:00I see your point, but we had an employee try that ...I see your point, but we had an employee try that experiment last year. Every time someone wished her a Merry Christmas, she responded with Happy Hannukah. The results were less than favourable. Seriously, being a minority and wishing the majority a "happy [insert minority festivity here]" is a quick way to an ass-kicking. I merely respond with the obligatory "thanks" or &Pinot Princesshttp://pinotprincess.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-6626752573466088562006-12-20T03:16:00.000-08:002006-12-20T03:16:00.000-08:00"If someone ever looked at me and said, "..."If someone ever looked at me and said, "Sorry I don't celebrate Christmas,"<br> I would likely tell them to have a lousy Christmas."Not trying to be a dick or anything, Budd, but wouldn't that reaction only perpetuate the very holiday season intolerance that bugs you so much? Maybe instead say, "Well, have a Merry Christmas, anyway!Kirkhttp://kirkstarr.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-62084191295138823122006-12-20T03:20:00.000-08:002006-12-20T03:20:00.000-08:00"Seriously, being a minority and wishing the ..."Seriously, being a minority and wishing the majority a "happy [insert minority festivity here]" is a quick way to an ass-kicking."And that is so very sad. We're all in this mess together, so why is it so hard to value the things that make us individuals?Kirkhttp://kirkstarr.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-7876765952153076212006-12-20T14:24:00.000-08:002006-12-20T14:24:00.000-08:00Kirk: I like the Christmas Carol allusion. If it...Kirk: I like the Christmas Carol allusion. If it is good enough for Dickens, it is good enough for me. Pinot: I am sorry that you don't feel that you can share your holiday without being assaulted. I am unsure of what Yule is, but if it is Yule, have a good one.Buddhttp://budd.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-15375668127012391862006-12-21T11:37:00.000-08:002006-12-21T11:37:00.000-08:00Why, thank you, Budd. Today is the Winter Solstic...Why, thank you, Budd. Today is the Winter Solstice. I connected with a fellow pagan today in my line. We wished each other a Merry Solstice. It was my one non-minority moment of the day.Merry Solstice and Blessed Yule to you all!xoxoPPPinot Princesshttp://pinotprincess.vox.com/noreply@blogger.com