Politically incorrect. I like that. Merry Christmas to you as well,
Richard. Am sure that some atheist, ACLU person, and/or non-Christian takes
offense to this thead. And Merry Christmas to them too whether liked or
not.

--
Jonny
"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OWTgDoUCGHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>
> Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love and
> friendship.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>

"Richard Urban" wrote:
> Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>
> Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love and
> friendship.

Thanks Richard! Have happy holidays.

Light the candles - not flames

--PA

Richard Urban wrote:
> Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>
> Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love
> and friendship.

Thank you and thank you to everyone who contributes to the Microsoft
newsgroups.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.

Kerry

And to that I say, Merry Christmas to the Jews, Happy Holidays to the
Christians, and Happy Hannukhah (or Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah,
Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication,
Festival of Lights, Hanukah) to the Muslims.

Who cares about PC, as the meaning behind the well wishes is what matters,
as no one can tell what belief system one adheres to. So just wish them the
best the way you feel you always do, without thinking about this nonsense..


"Jonny" <billgates@scampublic.net> wrote in message
news:O1N9%23aXCGHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Politically incorrect. I like that. Merry Christmas to you as well,
> Richard. Am sure that some atheist, ACLU person, and/or non-Christian
> takes
> offense to this thead. And Merry Christmas to them too whether liked or
> not.
>
> --
> Jonny
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OWTgDoUCGHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>>
>> Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love and
>> friendship.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>
>

Al wrote:

> And to that I say, Merry Christmas to the Jews, Happy Holidays to the
> Christians, and Happy Hannukhah (or Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah,
> Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication,
> Festival of Lights, Hanukah) to the Muslims.
>
> Who cares about PC, as the meaning behind the well wishes is what matters,
> as no one can tell what belief system one adheres to. So just wish them the
> best the way you feel you always do, without thinking about this nonsense..

Right on Al! I couldn't have said it better myself.

And Merry Christmas to you because that's what I believe in. Fortunately
my beliefs are not bigotted nor exclusionary.

God, Jesus, Krishna, Allah, Yahweh, The LORD, etc. bless us every one!

Steve N. wishes you all the best that life can offer you.

>
>
> "Jonny" <billgates@scampublic.net> wrote in message
> news:O1N9%23aXCGHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>Politically incorrect. I like that. Merry Christmas to you as well,
>>Richard. Am sure that some atheist, ACLU person, and/or non-Christian
>>takes
>>offense to this thead. And Merry Christmas to them too whether liked or
>>not.
>>
>>--
>>Jonny
>>"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:OWTgDoUCGHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>>>
>>>Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love and
>>>friendship.
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Richard Urban
>>>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>>Quote from George Ankner:
>>>If you knew as much as you think you know,
>>>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

Say it simply: to all who participate here; MERRY CHRISTMAS and a healthy,
prosperous HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Gene K
"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
news:eaFSvZYCGHA.344@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Richard Urban wrote:
>> Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>>
>> Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love
>> and friendship.
>
> Thank you and thank you to everyone who contributes to the Microsoft
> newsgroups.
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
>
> Kerry
>
>

Richard Urban wrote:

> Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>
> Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love and
> friendship.
>

Same to you Richard and to all!

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Del¤+/Ctrl+¤/Alt¤+)" ,

Christmas is celebrated by no less than 160 of the 193 countries in the
world! (Vatican City, Taiwan & 190 Countries in the United Nations)
http://geography.about.com/cs/countr...rcountries.htm
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all.
Drew

"(Del¤+/Ctrl+¤/Alt¤+)" <Alt-Ctrl-Del@________------------{{{{ }}}}.net>
wrote in message news:%23C%23XaTVCGHA.2944@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OWTgDoUCGHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>>
>> Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love and
>> friendship.
>>
>
> Richard Urban,
>
> No offense meant, and none is implied if you were considering taking any.
> And please don't be offended if you were perhaps thinking you may have a
> good reason to be offended. Please take this as just a little example of
> how absurd little sayings like the one you mention above sound. I mean,
> for goodness sake's, if you are going to wish someone happy holidays, do
> you really, really need to put a non-exclusionary clause in such a simple
> greeting as happy holidays? Why not just say "Happy Holidays" and let
> that be it if that is what you want to say, instead of putting an
> explanation of just who you may or may not be talking too when you say
> happy holidays.
>
> Here is an article that I copied and pasted from another news-group, I
> don't claim it to be my own but I think it quite nicely encapsulates how
> some people such as yourself may feel about a holiday that some people are
> afraid to say the name of.
>
> Cut and Pasted:
>
> "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 traditions of the religious persuasion
> of your
> choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the
> religious/secular
> persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice
> religious or
> secular traditions at all.
>
> I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally
> fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the
> generally
> accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars
> of choice
> of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America
> great.
>
>
> Not
> to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor
> the only
> America in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed,
> color, age,
> physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By
> accepting
> these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to
> clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration
> to the
> original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually
> implement any of
> the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited
> by law and
> is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
>
> This wish is warranted to perform
> as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of
> one year or
> until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes
> first, and
> warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish
> at the sole
> discretion of the wisher."
>
>
> For everyone else: Here's wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
> Year
>
>
>

Change the preposition from "by" to "in", and you may be correct.

"Drew Tognola" <drewtognola@msn.com> wrote in message
news:eZJJaofCGHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Del¤+/Ctrl+¤/Alt¤+)" ,
>
> Christmas is celebrated *by* no less than 160 of the 193 countries in the
> world! (Vatican City, Taiwan & 190 Countries in the United Nations)
> http://geography.about.com/cs/countr...rcountries.htm
> Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all.
> Drew
>
> "(Del¤+/Ctrl+¤/Alt¤+)" <Alt-Ctrl-Del@________------------{{{{ }}}}.net>
> wrote in message news:%23C%23XaTVCGHA.2944@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OWTgDoUCGHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Happy Holidays - whatever your faith or religious persuasion may be.
>>>
>>> Have a peaceful, glorious day and coming new year - filled with love and
>>> friendship.
>>>
>>
>> Richard Urban,
>>
>> No offense meant, and none is implied if you were considering taking any.
>> And please don't be offended if you were perhaps thinking you may have a
>> good reason to be offended. Please take this as just a little example of
>> how absurd little sayings like the one you mention above sound. I mean,
>> for goodness sake's, if you are going to wish someone happy holidays, do
>> you really, really need to put a non-exclusionary clause in such a simple
>> greeting as happy holidays? Why not just say "Happy Holidays" and let
>> that be it if that is what you want to say, instead of putting an
>> explanation of just who you may or may not be talking too when you say
>> happy holidays.
>>
>> Here is an article that I copied and pasted from another news-group, I
>> don't claim it to be my own but I think it quite nicely encapsulates how
>> some people such as yourself may feel about a holiday that some people
>> are afraid to say the name of.
>>
>> Cut and Pasted:
>>
>> "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 traditions of the religious
>> persuasion of your
>> choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the
>> religious/secular
>> persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice
>> religious or
>> secular traditions at all.
>>
>> I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally
>> fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the
>> generally
>> accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the
>> calendars of choice
>> of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America
>> great.
>>
>>
>> Not
>> to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor
>> the only
>> America in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed,
>> color, age,
>> physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By
>> accepting
>> these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject
>> to
>> clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration
>> to the
>> original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually
>> implement any of
>> the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited
>> by law and
>> is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
>>
>> This wish is warranted to perform
>> as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of
>> one year or
>> until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes
>> first, and
>> warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish
>> at the sole
>> discretion of the wisher."
>>
>>
>> For everyone else: Here's wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
>> Year
>>
>>
>>
>
>