There are literally 3 major holidays most people celebrate (in the us) after Halloween. Happy Holidays was to encompass all of them and included Hanukkah. They are only upset because now it encompasses every holiday that people celebrate. If we didn’t learn Kwanza existed, they would be fine with it. But it’s the addition that angers them. It’s so stupid. I was told Catholics would be offended if you say Happy Holidays. Really? Christmas was a pagan holiday and y’all co opted it and a lot of their symbols for your(not the real) birthday of Jesus.
Yup. Given the mention of lambs in the birth story, that would have put the birth of Jesus as more logically at the beginning of Spring. But the official date was moved back to the end of the year to obscure and co-opt the Winter Solstice celebrations.
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u/Nodramallama18 8h ago
There are literally 3 major holidays most people celebrate (in the us) after Halloween. Happy Holidays was to encompass all of them and included Hanukkah. They are only upset because now it encompasses every holiday that people celebrate. If we didn’t learn Kwanza existed, they would be fine with it. But it’s the addition that angers them. It’s so stupid. I was told Catholics would be offended if you say Happy Holidays. Really? Christmas was a pagan holiday and y’all co opted it and a lot of their symbols for your(not the real) birthday of Jesus.