HappyHanukwanzmas

HappyHanukwanzmas
Originally uploaded by icemakk.

I had this jpeg emailed to me and felt it was a great solution to something that plagues us. What are we allowed to say at this time of year?
With all the political correctness crap running rampant these days, no one seems to know what to say. If you say "Merry Christmas" you may offend non-christians. You can't say "Happy Hanukah" because not everyone is Jewish. With North America becoming more of a melting pot of the world, we now have Kwanzaa added to the holidays celebrated here.

The result is a lame watered down greeting we hear often: "Happy Holidays" ....what ever that means. It is too generic for my liking. "Seasons Greetings" sucks even more. The last season I wish to be greeted with is the cold icy one known as winter. If you want to greet me with a seaon pick a warm one please.

So what to do?

I say we combine them all into "HappyHanukwanzmas"!! That should fix it!
My next plan, if elected as leader of all things good, is to make it random. We move it each year so the greedy retail sector doesn't taint it. It will be a surprise with a only a one month notice before we celebrate HappyHanukwanzmas.
Think about it.
Fewer annoying ads on TV as the marketing machine can't get geared up to assualt us. Less stress building up to what ever it is we build up to now. My guess is we are now celebrating polar bears drinking Coca-Cola so that kids can get new video games as gifts and everyone can dance on fake snow and then eat some special crappy fast food made just for this time of year... or something like that.
In the meantime if someone wishes you the best and gets the holiday wrong don't get mad. Unless you are wearing a sign that says "I celebrate (insert holiday here)" you have no reason to get pissy about it. Just smile, say thanks and wish them the best with your holiday. That is called sharing and it is what the season is about.
So happy HappyHanukwanzmas everyone. Next year I want to make it happen in a warmer month.

Daryl Makk