Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 24, 2008 | By admin |

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Merry Cristmas and happy new year
What’s great I hear you eagerly question. Well I’m pleased to announce that it’s nearly Christmas; according to the shops in Birmingham who are already stocking Christmas merchandise. But as if it couldn’t get any better than that, it does. As a result of the Fancy a Refresher blog last week Talis have helped several more libraries totally refresh their holdings.

Holiday greetings are a selection of greetings that are often spoken with good intentions to strangers, family, friends, or other people during the months of December and January. In the United States, holidays with greetings include Christmas, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Hanukkah. Some greetings are more prevalent than others, depending on the cultural and religious status of any given area.

Typically, a greeting consists of the word “Happy” followed by the holiday, such as “Happy Hanukkah” or “Happy New Year”, although the phrase “Merry Christmas” is a notable exception. In the United States, the collective phrase “Happy Holidays” is often used as a simple way to refer to all of the winter holidays, or to the three major American holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. Some controversy has arisen regarding the phrase “Happy Holidays” as an alleged attempt to diminish Christmas although its use promotes other holidays commonly celebrated in the United States.