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In reply to the discussion: People saying "have a good holiday" for Thanksgiving? [View all]bananas
(27,509 posts)34. "Happy Holidays" dates back at least to the 1970s and was common at least back to the 1890s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season#Happy_Holidays
Happy Holidays
For other meanings of "Happy Holidays", see Happy Holidays (disambiguation).
In the United States, "Happy Holidays" (along with the similarly generalized "Season's Greetings"
has become a common holiday greeting in the public sphere of department stores, public schools and greeting cards. Its use is generally confined to the period between United States Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. American use of the term "Happy Holidays" to replace "Merry Christmas" dates back at least to the 1970s[57] and was a common phrase relating to the Christmas season at least going back to the 1890s.[58] The term may have gained further popularity with the Irving Berlin song "Happy Holiday" (introduced in the 1942 film Holiday Inn).
In the United States, it can have several variations and meanings:[citation needed]
- As "Happy Holiday", an English translation of the Hebrew Hag Sameach greeting on Passover, Sukkot, and Shavuot.
- As "Happy Holiday", a substitution for "Merry Christmas".
- As "Happy Holidays", a collective and inclusive wish for the period encompassing Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Winter solstice, Christmas Day (The Nativity of the Lord), Boxing Day (St. Stephen's Day), the New Year and Epiphany.
- As "Happy Holidays", a shortened form of the greeting "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."
Happy Holidays
For other meanings of "Happy Holidays", see Happy Holidays (disambiguation).
In the United States, "Happy Holidays" (along with the similarly generalized "Season's Greetings"
In the United States, it can have several variations and meanings:[citation needed]
- As "Happy Holiday", an English translation of the Hebrew Hag Sameach greeting on Passover, Sukkot, and Shavuot.
- As "Happy Holiday", a substitution for "Merry Christmas".
- As "Happy Holidays", a collective and inclusive wish for the period encompassing Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Winter solstice, Christmas Day (The Nativity of the Lord), Boxing Day (St. Stephen's Day), the New Year and Epiphany.
- As "Happy Holidays", a shortened form of the greeting "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."
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That's "you're"/ And some folks get sick of other people's "blessings" being thrust upon them
HERVEPA
Nov 2014
#54
happy holidays are used here on out because it is the holiday "season". three in a row.
seabeyond
Nov 2014
#9
"Happy Holiday" (sometimes performed as "Happy Holidays") is a popular song by Irving Berlin
bananas
Nov 2014
#28
That's why I can't stand these morons who get offended by "Happy Holidays"
Arugula Latte
Nov 2014
#32
"Happy Holidays" dates back at least to the 1970s and was common at least back to the 1890s
bananas
Nov 2014
#34
I've been mixing it up today, wishing my patients either salutation as they leave the clinic.
Aristus
Nov 2014
#57
I say have a happy holiday. Fuck if I know what day of the week it is any any point in time
Paulie
Nov 2014
#39
back in the catholic schools we were told that 'holiday' is a contraction for 'holy day'
rurallib
Nov 2014
#42
It's because of our increasing conflation of T-giving and Christmas as one long hoilday.
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#46
You should let Cpl. Billo' Reilly know right away. We're going to war motherfuckers!!
Guy Whitey Corngood
Nov 2014
#65