12.27.2005

Happy Holidays??!!??

I was in the car with my 'rents on the way to Grandma's house when my StepDad got on a rant. And he had this crazy idea that if people want/have to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas - as not to offend anyone - then everyone who doesn't believe in Jesus should have to work on Christmas Day b/c they don't have anything to celebrate. Why should they be off and every store be closed? Trust me, that was the abridged version. So then today I was blog scrolling and found this... HA HA HA.

For My Conservative Friends:
Here's wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

ANDFor My Liberal Friends:
"Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform a

2 comments:

Unknown said...

just curious... where did you find that? I got that in an e-mail, but haven't been able to track down where it originally came from.

Teri said...

i got it from your blog :p (so i added a link back to your entry to clear that up)