The nearly universal change from wishing fellow Americans “Merry Christmas” to wishing them “Happy Holidays” is a very significant development in American life. Proponents of “Happy ...

Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a Merry Christmas. 2. Keeping you in our hearts this holiday season, and always! 3. Happy holidays! So glad we get to spend so much time together. 4.

Do we? If the sound of “Happy holidays!” or the sight of that salute in a store window upsets you, consider the magi. No one can accuse them of discounting the solemnity of Christmas.

Merry Christmas! Blithely do we use this phrase as greeting, farewell or exclamation of joy with little thought to the book that made it famous. Although it was in use from the 16th century, it was ...

Yes, we should prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” because it is more expressive of the truth we are celebrating. But “Merry Christmas” will only regain its meaning if we live ...

Christmas is just one week away ... Everybody just wanted a piece of happy. Even this year, with the economy and stuff like that, people want happy and they're willing to settle for a smaller ...