Oddly enough, “under God” is a relatively recent addition to the Pledge of Allegiance to distinguish it from similar-sounding pledges in Communist countries, and those same pundits are screaming about attempts to remove it as defacing a time-honored act of patriotism.
Ugh. Hate those people. Happy Holidays has always been a perfectly acceptable greeting until pundits and politicians decided to make it into a thing.
Oddly enough, “under God” is a relatively recent addition to the Pledge of Allegiance to distinguish it from similar-sounding pledges in Communist countries, and those same pundits are screaming about attempts to remove it as defacing a time-honored act of patriotism.
They must be getting into the spirit of the season.
And this is why I call it “Merry Hallowthanksmas.” And yes, I did get a writeup for answering the phone that way once.
If someone started complaining about the fake “War on Christmas,” I’d just hang up. Or, if in person, just walk away.
“I completely agree, but corporate insists on us using “Happy Holidays” after the incident last year.”
If they press you about said incident, say something like “It was all over the news!”