RE: Merry Christmas & Happy new year
Happy Chanukah! > -----Original Message----- > From: Art S. Kagel [mailto:kagel@bloomberg.net] > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:59 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Cc: informix-list@iiug.org; david@smooth1.co.uk > Subject: Re: Merry Christmas & Happy new year > > Tsutomu Ogiwara wrote: > > If I say "Merry Christmas", all Japanese say "Merry Chirstmas". > > I never head "Happy Hanukah". > > Then read it now: > > Happy 3rd night of Chanukah (spelling optional). For information GOOGLE: > 'story+of+chanukah'. > > As to the folk wishing each other what they themselves will be or are > celebrating, let me just relate that personally I try to wish my friends, > acquaintences, and coworkers according to their own beliefs as I find the > most warm and fuzzy feelings of my own when a Christian, Muslim, or Hindu > friend wishes me a 'Happy Chanukah'. I do reserve a 'have a Happy > Holiday' > when I can't know what greeting is appropriate so as to minimize any > offence > given. > > So to each of you as is appropriate: > > Happy Chanukah! Merry Christmas! > > Art S. Kagel > > > -- > > Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: david@smooth1.co.uk > >> To: informix-list@iiug.org > >> Subject: Re: Merry Christmas & Happy new year > >> Date: 25 Dec 2005 20:38:36 -0800 > >> > >> > >> Cool! The sender talking using THEIR terminology and the > >> receiver took it in the spirit in which it was intended. > >> > >> If I says "Merry Christmas" and somebody replies > >> "Happy Hanukah" I won't get all pissy. > >> > >> We each view things in different ways and shouldn't get > >> annoyed when somebody else has different beliefs. > >> > >> You call it what you want....I call it what I want. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Informix-list mailing list > >> Informix-list@iiug.org > >> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list