happy holidays.

someone sent me a link today to a story about a cnn poll that asked if people prefer "merry christmas" over "happy holidays." quite frankly, as someone who celebrates multiple holidays this time of year, i'm finding it hard to care.

but i mean, really. there's, at a minimum, thanksgiving, christmas, and new year's. and there is hannukah. and kwanzaa, which is a manufactured holiday of a more recent era, but it's still a holiday. my family celebrates both christmas and hannukah. i don't see why it even matters.

the problem with taking a too-inclusive stance is that it becomes disrespectful when you're just throwing everything around without taking time to think about it, like when my brother's high school last year put up "happy hannukah" signs after the holiday was over, and "happy tet" signs, which isn't until february.

quite frankly, i just think we've come to a very depressing state when merely trying to be polite has to be politicized.