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Saturday, July 4th, 2009‘Politically Correct’ Holiday Greetings
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
Editor’s Note: Below is an edited version of a story I wrote in 2007 – I don’t intend to edit or rewrite this particular piece again but hope to reference back to it as the years pass by. Changes made include grammar, contextual, intent, and situational edits. The original Politically Correct Holiday greetings post can be referenced here.
In today’s society, everything seems to be too politically correct (PC) – especially when it comes to contentious issues, such as ‘religious’ holidays, especially those in December. Please use Bogopolis.com‘s guide below to wish a person a ‘PC’ Christmas.
Happy Winter Solstice
This greeting allows a person to be non-descript (and non-committal) in their season greeting. Alternatives to this may include, Happy Winter Festival Season or Happy Wintertime. The latter allows you to be as generic as possible and not offend somebody who might take offense to Wiccan (read: religious) connotations of the first two.
Happy [insert religious holiday here]
Many will use other religious holidays to reference the Christmas holiday, thus making the situation in of itself politically incorrect. These holiday greetings could include: Happy Hannukah, Happy Eid ul-Adha, and Merry Kwanzaa. While respectful in their own rights – when combined with Christmas these greetings may come off as politically incorrect and cause tension if a person wants to separate holidays and traditions. (It’s probably best to keep the greetings separate and find a better way to say what you want to say.)
Happy Boxing Day
First off, Boxing day is an England tradition. Second, does anybody really care what Boxing Day is? That’s what I thought…
Happy Yuletide Season with wishes of warmth and joy
Seriously, that is way too long and a little not with the times. Others that don’t correctly fit, include: Happy New Years (skip the week and season altogether), Happy National Purchasing Season, Happy Saturnalia Day, and Happy (Baby) Jesus Day. (Actually, the last one is ‘the same’ as Christmas but may be less offensive to to those who wish to depolarize Christmas as a religious holiday.)
Happy Holidays
This seems to be the most popular choice of those, in America, who the Mexicans call Personas de Policticos Incorrecto (people who are incorrect – OK, I may have just made that up…). This greeting allows co-workers, shop owners, baristas, bloggers, journalists, commentators, sportscasters, talk show hosts, everyday people, cab drivers, bell ringers, ticket counter agents, restaurant workers, well-wishers on the streets, and you and I to say what we want to say without taking a chance to say what we really want to say regarding the holiday season. However, Bogopolis.com believes that even this term in of itself is politically incorrect. This greeting forces us to dumb down our traditions, shopping behaviors, our personal preferences, our faith – to a global level eliminating everything that our world stands for: diversity.
As an alternative, Bogopolis.com offers the following way to wish a person a Merry Christmas and still be politically correct:
Merry Christmas!
Over the centuries, Christmas has lost a lot of it’s religious meaning and become more of a secular holiday in today’s global marketplace. Yes, Christmas is a religious holiday in which Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who we believe to be our savior – but the global truth is that we were not the first ones to claim a winter holiday for our religion. Christmas has become and continues to be a global holiday, which means something different to everybody. Christmas should not be recognized as a mere Christian holiday, but as a celebration of family, a time we celebrate the past year with loved ones and prepare for the new. Christmas is truly about love (and let’s not forget about receiving gifts!) and the time we have with each other.
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What’s Your Symbol? *Happy Punctuation Day!* …
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Celebrate with your favorite punctuation symbol today – because today is the day!
Mine?
… says it all …
What’s yours?
Christmas Memories of Bogopolis Past…
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007It’s seems every Christmas season brings something new for Bogopolis.com. Last Christmas was a very silent one for us – not much was blogged for a couple of months, but somehow we put together our top five Christmas movies – although there could be more… We also had an opportunity to reflect on the past year and the joy of friendship and laugher we share. It is amazing what can change in a year, isn’t it?
In the distant past we’ve shared laughter over memories of run-away Christmas ambulances and braving what became a 3-foot snowfall in the Bedford area 2 days before Christmas.
And finally, we have shared our more serious side and shared what Christmas means to us.
Merry Christmas y’all. It’s been a fun year, but don’t fret – we’re not quite done yet!
Happy Festivus!
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Festivus:an annual holiday that was invented by Reader’s Digest writer and editor Daniel O’Keefe.[1] It was introduced to popular culture by O’Keefe’s son Daniel, a scriptwriter for the TV show Seinfeld, on December 18, 1997, in the episode “The Strike”.[2] (Season 9, Episode 10). The holiday is celebrated each year on December 23, but many people celebrate it at other times, often to avoid the Christmas rush.[2] The holiday includes novel practices such as the “Airing of Grievances”, in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him/her over the past year. Also, after the Festivus meal, the “Feats of Strength” are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, the holiday only ending if the head of the household is actually pinned.
- Festivus, Wikipedia.com
In attempt to be more politically correct in our public support of Winter holidays – see earlier post – … Just joking! Festivus has always been a personal favorite at One Bogopolis Plazaand this is the first year – we’ve remembered to mention it at the correct time of year.
For those of you unfamiliar with Festivus, it consists of five core elements:
- The Festivus Pole
- Festivus Dinner
- Airing of Grievances
- Feats of Strength
- Festivus Miracles
Our personal favorites include, The Airing of Grievances and Feats of Strength. For more information, visit the should-be-authoritative article on Wikipedia.
I consider this the “open-source” holiday. For those looking for their own winter holiday, Festivus provides flexibility in celebration. Festivus is what you make it!
Wish a person “Merry Christmas” the politically correct way
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007So in today’s society, everything seems to be politically correct (PC) – especially when it comes to contentious issues, such as ‘religious’ holidays. Pleas use Bogopolis.com’s guide below to wish a person a PC Christmas.
Happy Winter Solstice
This allows a person to be non-descript in their wishes. Alternatives to this include, Happy Winter Festival Season or Happy Winter-time. The latter allows you to be as generic as possible and not offend somebody who might take offense to wiccan (read: religious) connotations of the first two.
Happy Hanakkuh
Although an alternative to Merry Christmas, this is still a reference to a religious holiday, which wouldn’t be fair to those Christians who are being robbed of their holiday. Other discouraged alternatives include: Happy Eid ul-Adha, Merry Kwanzaa, or Happy Jesus Day.
Happy Boxing Day
First off, Boxing day is an England tradition. Second, does anybody really care what Boxing Day is?
Happy Yuletide Season with wishes of warmth and joy
Seriously, that way too long and a little not with the times. Others that don’t correctly fit, include: Happy New Year (skip the week and season altogether), Happy National Purchasing Season, and Happy Saturnalia Day.
Happy Holidays
This seems to be the most popular choice of, who the Mexicans call, Policticos de Incorrecto (people who are incorrect – OK, I may have made that up…) in America. It allows co-workers, shop owners, baristas, bloggers, journalists, commentators, sportscasters, talk show hosts, everyday people, cab drivers, bell ringers, ticket counter agents, restaurant workers, well-wishers on the streets, and you and I to say what we want to say without taking a chance to say what we really want to say regarding the holiday season. However, Bogopolis.com believes that even this term is politically incorrect – it forces us to dumb down our traditions, shopping behaviors, our personal preferences, our faith – to a global level eliminating everything that our world stands for: diversity.
As an alternative, Bogopolis.com offers the following way to wish a person a Merry Christmas and still be politically correct:
Merry Christmas!
Over the centuries, Christmas has lost a lot of it’s religious meaning and become more of a secular holiday in today’s global marketplace. Yes, Christmas is a religious holiday, in which us Christians celebrate the birth of the one we believe to be our savior was born – but the global truth is that we were not the first ones to claim a winter holiday for our religion. Christmas has become and is a global holiday, which means something different to everybody. Christmas should not be recognized a mere Christian holiday, but as a celebration of family, a time we celebrate the past year with loved ones and prepare for the new. Christmas is truly about love (and let’s not forget about receiving gifts!) and the time we have with each other.
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A Christmas Miracle, indeed: Colbert/Stewart Return on 7th
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
- As reported in The New York Sun, September 21, 1987 by Francis P. Church
Colbert, Stewart to Return to airwaves on January 7th, 2008.
What is being hailed as miracle by some Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will return to their respective shows Januray 7th, 2008
While these show will be without writers (until the end of the writers strike) it is the opinion of this publication Mr. Colbert and Mr. Stewart have made the best decision for their staffs, maintaining the philosophy that the show must go on.
It is hard enough to wade through the jungle of politics without having the necessary humor to alleviate the pain of it all. Although the shows will remain without writers until the end of the writers strike, both men will surely persevere and America will be better because of their public service to us all. While it is hard to continue, we’re sure, Bogopolis.com is greatful that those readers of Bogopolis.com (who work in support roles of these shows) will feel blessed over the Holiday period that there jobs have been secured by two upstanding journalists (and yes, we do have viewers that work for the shows…).
The staff of Bogopolis.com extends best wishes to both men and suggests that if they find operating two shows by themselves hard – we suggest a combined hour of tag team political reporting and commentary on a joint venture.
A Christmas miracle, indeed – “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause.”
Bogopolis PSA :: Make it a fruity day for your mom
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007Well, in case you haven’t realized it, mother’s day is only three day with 2-3 flower delivery days left.
In case you haven’t figured out that perfect gift for mom: Fruit Flowers.
That’s right: bouquets that look like fruit, made out of fruit – unbelievable.
I’m not going to say that I got my mom these, but let’s just say that my mom does like strawberries and assorted melons during the hot, summer days.
Be sure check out the fruitiness before you miss out!
Thanks to Nick for the heads upon this one.
How will you celebrate St Paddy’s Day?
Monday, March 12th, 2007Our previous St. Patrick’s Day post has inspired me to become more interested in the St. Patrick’s Day holiday.
This Saturday I will be attending a coffee house at a friend’s house in Jersey and I need your help:
How can you make coffee green?
– Yes, that’s right I want to know how to make green coffee.
Can any of you help me? Post your suggestions in the comments.
Also, tell us how you plan on showing you Irish heritage to celebrate the St. Patrick’s Day holiday (besides the typical bar hopping of course…).