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MrsO
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Maureen
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Why do people say Happy Holiday instead of Happy Thanksgiving? It isn't a religous holiday??
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Posted 11/13/07 5:01 PM  |
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SweetestOfPeas
J'taime Paris!
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Re: observation
maybe b/c they're lazy, holiday is shorter 
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| Posted 11/13/07 5:01 PM |
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Re: observation
I've never seen this used in place of Happy Thanksgiving. It's usually used more around Christmas / Hanukkah, I thought....
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| Posted 11/13/07 5:02 PM |
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itkocak
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Re: observation
Message edited 11/14/2011 10:38:06 PM.
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| Posted 11/13/07 5:11 PM |
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Re: observation
I often hear it in the plural, Happy HolidayS. I figure it covers all the bases whether it be:
Thanksgiving and Christmas
Thanksgiving and Hannukah
Thanksgiving and Kwanzaa
AND New Year's
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| Posted 11/13/07 5:14 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Shawn
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Re: observation
Pretty much the day after Halloween is the "Holiday" season.... 
Plus, technically, they are right. It IS a holiday... Definition 4 denotes a religious observance, but the more general term is any holiday, especially one where work is closed.
hol·i·day /'h?l??de?/ Pronunciation[hol-i-dey]
–noun
1. a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
2. any day of exemption from work (distinguished from working day).
3. a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.: New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday.
4. a religious feast day; holy day, esp. any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism.
5. Sometimes, holidays. Chiefly British. a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation.
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| Posted 11/14/07 8:19 AM |
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