When people wish others a “happy holiday season” or just “happy holidays,” what exactly do ... Merry Christmas” rather than the transparent idiom “happy holidays,” which clearly was ...

1. 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.

“Happy Holidays,” after all, was clearly created to give the false impression of inclusivity. An individual can appropriately wish a Christian “Merry Christmas,” of course.

Proponents of “Happy Holidays” argue that it’s no big deal at all, and that proponents of “Merry Christmas” are making a mountain out of a molehill, especially when proponents say that ...

In both 2013 and 2016, the weakest support for “happy holidays” and “season’s greetings” was in the Midwest (42 percent in 2016), not the South (50 percent), as you might have guessed.

Here come the holidays. Or as some might put it, the Holidays. Or, less commonly, the holiday’s. Either way, it’s a great time to make embarrassing errors in social media posts, emails, cards ...

The other person will respond, “Happy holidays.” Tranquility turns to tension. A simple exchange of well wishes ends uncomfortably. But this year will be different.

36. This holiday, we just wanted to say how happy we are to have a team like you! 37. We’ve worked hard all year long and it’s paid off! Season’s greetings.

Support for “happy holidays,” however, drops dramatically for secular citizens in largely nonreligious states like Oregon. In these areas, ...