Read on TwitterI researched the history of HAPPY HOLIDAYS & XMAS.
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1/11 ARE SECULAR LIBERALS TRYING TO CANCEL "CHRISTMAS?"https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">I researched the history of HAPPY HOLIDAYS & XMAS. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Rightwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Rightwards arrow">ᵀᴴᴿᴱᴬᴰ https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🅰" title="Negative squared latin capital letter a" aria-label="Emoji: Negative squared latin capital letter a">HAPPY HOLIDAYS dates back to the 1800s. (Splendid Photograph Albums ad, Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 5, 1863https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏻" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)">)↴..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">1/11 ARE SECULAR LIBERALS TRYING TO CANCEL "CHRISTMAS?"https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">I researched the history of HAPPY HOLIDAYS & XMAS. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Rightwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Rightwards arrow">ᵀᴴᴿᴱᴬᴰ https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🅰" title="Negative squared latin capital letter a" aria-label="Emoji: Negative squared latin capital letter a">HAPPY HOLIDAYS dates back to the 1800s. (Splendid Photograph Albums ad, Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 5, 1863https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏻" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)">)↴..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
XMAS has been used by Christians since the 1500s ("X" being the first letter of the Greek word for "Christ& #39;).
But it& #39;s been in common use since the 1940s, with barely-clad
XMAS pinup girls, titillating with tinsel and trees.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🅱" title="Negative squared latin capital letter b" aria-label="Emoji: Negative squared latin capital letter b">XMAS has been used by Christians since the 1500s ("X" being the first letter of the Greek word for "Christ& #39;). But it& #39;s been in common use since the 1940s, with barely-cladXMAS pinup girls, titillating with tinsel and trees. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏻" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)">↴ ..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🅱" title="Negative squared latin capital letter b" aria-label="Emoji: Negative squared latin capital letter b">XMAS has been used by Christians since the 1500s ("X" being the first letter of the Greek word for "Christ& #39;). But it& #39;s been in common use since the 1940s, with barely-cladXMAS pinup girls, titillating with tinsel and trees. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏻" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)">↴ ..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
The top Christmas single ever: "White Christmas" (1942).
Same year: "Happy Holidays" by the (Jewish) Irving Berlin.
Other tops: "Jingle Bell Rock" (& #39;57), "Rockin Round..." (& #39;58), "Blue Christmas" (& #39;64), etc etc...
all secular.
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🅲The top Christmas single ever: "White Christmas" (1942). Same year: "Happy Holidays" by the (Jewish) Irving Berlin. Other tops: "Jingle Bell Rock" (& #39;57), "Rockin Round..." (& #39;58), "Blue Christmas" (& #39;64), etc etc...all secular.↴..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅲The top Christmas single ever: "White Christmas" (1942). Same year: "Happy Holidays" by the (Jewish) Irving Berlin. Other tops: "Jingle Bell Rock" (& #39;57), "Rockin Round..." (& #39;58), "Blue Christmas" (& #39;64), etc etc...all secular.↴..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Other than Linus& #39; 42-second recitation of Luke ("A Charlie Brown Christmas," & #39;65), there& #39;s no reference to Christ in classic specials ("Rudolph," & #39;64; "Grinch," & #39;66; “Frosty," & #39;69).
"A Christmas Story" (& #39;83) is about a sled & a rifle.
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🅳Other than Linus& #39; 42-second recitation of Luke ("A Charlie Brown Christmas," & #39;65), there& #39;s no reference to Christ in classic specials ("Rudolph," & #39;64; "Grinch," & #39;66; “Frosty," & #39;69). "A Christmas Story" (& #39;83) is about a sled & a rifle.↴..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅳Other than Linus& #39; 42-second recitation of Luke ("A Charlie Brown Christmas," & #39;65), there& #39;s no reference to Christ in classic specials ("Rudolph," & #39;64; "Grinch," & #39;66; “Frosty," & #39;69). "A Christmas Story" (& #39;83) is about a sled & a rifle.↴..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
The first Chrismas card sent by a POTUS was a HAPPY HOLIDAYS card, in 1927 by President Coolidge.
The White House has sent "Happy Holidays" (Christmas + Hannukah + New Year& #39;s), or secular images, most years since.
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🅴The first Chrismas card sent by a POTUS was a HAPPY HOLIDAYS card, in 1927 by President Coolidge.The White House has sent "Happy Holidays" (Christmas + Hannukah + New Year& #39;s), or secular images, most years since.↴..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅴The first Chrismas card sent by a POTUS was a HAPPY HOLIDAYS card, in 1927 by President Coolidge.The White House has sent "Happy Holidays" (Christmas + Hannukah + New Year& #39;s), or secular images, most years since.↴..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Neither of the top Christmas movies from The Good Old Days – “It’s a Wonderful Life” (& #39;46) and “Miracle on 34th Street” (& #39;47) – refer to the birth of the Savior. (Though “Wonderful Life” does feature a drunk angel.)
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🅵Neither of the top Christmas movies from The Good Old Days – “It’s a Wonderful Life” (& #39;46) and “Miracle on 34th Street” (& #39;47) – refer to the birth of the Savior. (Though “Wonderful Life” does feature a drunk angel.)↴ ..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅵Neither of the top Christmas movies from The Good Old Days – “It’s a Wonderful Life” (& #39;46) and “Miracle on 34th Street” (& #39;47) – refer to the birth of the Savior. (Though “Wonderful Life” does feature a drunk angel.)↴ ..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
SEASONS GREETINGS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS greetings have graced store banners, magazine ads and greeting cards for generations.
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🅶SEASONS GREETINGS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS greetings have graced store banners, magazine ads and greeting cards for generations. ↴..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅶SEASONS GREETINGS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS greetings have graced store banners, magazine ads and greeting cards for generations. ↴..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Christmas WAS banned once —from 1659 to 1681. In Boston. By Puritans.
They& #39;d long condemned "the
drunken merrymaking that often comes at the holiday, the robbery, murder and what not.” The fine was 5 shillings, or $100 today.
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🅷Christmas WAS banned once —from 1659 to 1681. In Boston. By Puritans. They& #39;d long condemned "the drunken merrymaking that often comes at the holiday, the robbery, murder and what not.” The fine was 5 shillings, or $100 today.↴..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅷Christmas WAS banned once —from 1659 to 1681. In Boston. By Puritans. They& #39;d long condemned "the drunken merrymaking that often comes at the holiday, the robbery, murder and what not.” The fine was 5 shillings, or $100 today.↴..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
When Christmas become a national holiday in 1870, folks had only been saying MERRY CHRISTMAS since 1843 ...when the greeting FIRST appeared in the iconic (but secular) novella "A Christmas Carol," by religious skeptic Charles Dickens...
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🅸When Christmas become a national holiday in 1870, folks had only been saying MERRY CHRISTMAS since 1843 ...when the greeting FIRST appeared in the iconic (but secular) novella "A Christmas Carol," by religious skeptic Charles Dickens...↴..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅸When Christmas become a national holiday in 1870, folks had only been saying MERRY CHRISTMAS since 1843 ...when the greeting FIRST appeared in the iconic (but secular) novella "A Christmas Carol," by religious skeptic Charles Dickens...↴..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
...and BAH, HUMBUG --from the same novella -- was coined at the same time.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & CHRISTMAS still appear in religious AND secular contexts.
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🅹...and BAH, HUMBUG --from the same novella -- was coined at the same time. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😁" title="Grinning face with smiling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Grinning face with smiling eyes">MERRY CHRISTMAS & CHRISTMAS still appear in religious AND secular contexts. ↴..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅹...and BAH, HUMBUG --from the same novella -- was coined at the same time. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😁" title="Grinning face with smiling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Grinning face with smiling eyes">MERRY CHRISTMAS & CHRISTMAS still appear in religious AND secular contexts. ↴..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Enjoy this video of Barack Obama saying MERRY CHRISTMAS 21 times.
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🅺https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">HAPPY HOLIDAYS, XMAS & SEASONS GREETINGS are OLD. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">Americans have ALWAYS celebrated a secular Christmas.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⭐" title="Medium star" aria-label="Emoji: Medium star">THERE& #39;S NO WAR ON CHRISTMAS. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⭐" title="Medium star" aria-label="Emoji: Medium star">Enjoy this video of Barack Obama saying MERRY CHRISTMAS 21 times.11/11https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔚" title="End with leftwards arrow above" aria-label="Emoji: End with leftwards arrow above"> https://youtu.be/6d7mTRaUm... " title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Christmas tree" aria-label="Emoji: Christmas tree">🅺https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">HAPPY HOLIDAYS, XMAS & SEASONS GREETINGS are OLD. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">Americans have ALWAYS celebrated a secular Christmas.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⭐" title="Medium star" aria-label="Emoji: Medium star">THERE& #39;S NO WAR ON CHRISTMAS. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⭐" title="Medium star" aria-label="Emoji: Medium star">Enjoy this video of Barack Obama saying MERRY CHRISTMAS 21 times.11/11https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔚" title="End with leftwards arrow above" aria-label="Emoji: End with leftwards arrow above"> https://youtu.be/6d7mTRaUm... " class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
