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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI saw a post of a Facebook thread about holiday not being an anti-Christian word.
Can someone provide the link to that for me?
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I saw a post of a Facebook thread about holiday not being an anti-Christian word. (Original Post)
mmonk
Dec 2012
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cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)1. Well, it means "holy day" so it's hard to see the problem
but some folks are very good at discovering problems.
Frances
(8,531 posts)2. I have not seen that, but
I would think that holiday derived from holy day.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)3. From the Google:
niyad
(112,434 posts)4. not on facebook, but are you thinking of the neil degrasse tyson quote"
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson
Holiday derives from Holy Day. So it's etymologically under-informed to assert that "Happy Holidays" does not reference God.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)5. The original meaning of 'holy' was 'not to be used.' Taboo.
Holidays are not to be used for work, for instance.