The President-Elect has decided we will return to saying Merry Christmas at this time of year and with 70% of Americans identifying as Christians it is a pretty safe bet, so next year it’ll be nothing but Merry Christmas all the time around here. So for now I’ll trot out my favorite all purpose seasonal missive one last time and a little something for the other 30%:
Please accept – with no obligation, implied or implicit – my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable tradition of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your preference.
In addition, please enjoy a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2017.
1. The Hebrew equivalent of Happy Holidays, literally “joyous festival.”