Merry Christmas!
or more specifically …
Merry Christmas to you!
or more completely …
I wish you a Merry Christmas!
I won’t say Happy Holidays because, in actuality, that
would include wishing you a Happy Flag Day. And while I hope your June 14 is
pleasant, I prefer to be much more specific about celebrations in December.
And Christmas is set apart from all other holidays. It reaches
a much higher, might we say, angelic realm. For we say: Happy Valentine’s Day,
Happy St. Patrick Day, Happy Independence Day, Happy Labor Day, Happy
Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, and Happy New Year.
But we wish people a Merry Christmas. It is not just happy – It is merry.
There is merriment – joyfulness, cheerfulness, vivaciousness, jolliness, mirth,
hilarity, and laughter. Many things in life make you happy, very few things
make you merry.
So, Merry Christmas!
I wish you a Merry Christmas!
When I wish you this, I am
not trying to change your beliefs. There is no ulterior motive. I am choosing
to share the joy I possess with you – the merriment that I experience at Christmastime.
Because it is Christmas, and Christmas means so much to me.
And this expression of joy is so universally inclusive
because I will offer this greeting to anyone. It goes out to all races, all nations
– to Muslims, to Hindus, to atheists. Everybody gets a dose of my Christmas
spirit. Even people I don’t like – obnoxious coworkers in my past, I’m talking
to you.
Even if you don’t believe as I do, I hope you will still be
able to experience the merriment. If you think it is a myth, I will still wish
you a Merry Christmas. For this was either the most incredible event in the history
of mankind, or the greatest myth ever created by man’s mind. Either way, it is
worthy of a grand celebration.
It is so special, so monumental, so blessed, that when I
wish you a Merry Christmas…
I wish you love – that your broken
relationships are healed or new relationships are kindled. That you have people
who care about you and that you care about them. That you love, and receive
love back in abundance.
I wish you joy – that the people, circumstances,
and events in your life make you more than happy – they provide joy – lasting
joy beyond the Christmas season.
I wish you peace – yes, that same peace on
Earth, goodwill toward all men that you have heard about. World peace, so that
the nations will not war and innocent people will not perish. And personal
peace, so those worries and fears within
your head will cease.
I wish you kindness – that people will be kind to
you when you make mistakes, react poorly, are rude to them, or are vulnerable.
And that you extend kindness to others in the same circumstances.
I wish you generosity – in that when you need help, someone
will provide that help. And when you see others in need, you will give freely
and generously to meet that need.
I wish you a Merry Christmas!
I wish you happiness, and merriment, and all the jolliness
of this season. That for at least one day, you can forget about all the
disease, political toxicity, pain, arguments, and worries, and experience the
wonder of Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
I wish you a Merry Christmas!
And if somehow you choose to reject all of this, if it
upsets or offends you – it’s not on me ….. but it just might be worth taking
another look at the whole thing ….
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