Happy Holidays to all readers and freinds of this blog!! Wonder where "Happy Holidays" come from and what it actually means. I think "Happy Holiday" is an English translation of the Hebrew Hag Sameach greeting on Passover, Sukkot, and Shavuot or "La Multi Ani" in Romania. It is now used more commonly as a collective and inclusive wish for the period encompassing Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Winter solstice, Christmas, New Year and crazy shopping. For many teenagers, "Happy Holidays" means beating Assasin Creed II, Final Fantasy XIII in 2 days or jamming away with Guitar Hero.
I am not getting many Christmas cards (a good thing) this year. With Facebook, why do I need to send cards? With heightened environmental concerns to reduce our carbon footprint including those cardboard Season's Greetings, I think we should drop that habbit. Facebook provided an irresistible alternative to the time-consuming ritual of buying, addressing, signing and mailing cards. I wonder how steep the decline is for people sending Christmas cards.
The holiday season is a perfect time for people all over the world with different religions, nationalities and cultures to come together in love, peace and in harmony, in remembrance of the most important things in life, like our near and dear ones. Happy Holidays everyone!!!!!
