"Merry Christmas" vs "Happy Holidays"

Some will disagree with me, but I don't see anything wrong with "Happy Holidays." In a few short weeks we have Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Years. If those are not holidays, what are they?

What I do have a BIG problem with is blending the whole season into one indistinguishable undefinable meaningless mush.

Each holiday is celebrated for a specific reason - commemorating a specific event.

Thanksgiving has its roots back in 1621 when the surviving Pilgrims celebrated with the Native Americans and gave thanks to God for the bountiful harvest.

Christmas celebrates when God became one of us for a short time. Hard to imagine why He thought we rated that, but I for one am grateful that He did.

Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem by Judas Maccabee in 165 BC after the Temple had been profaned by Antiochus Epiphanes.

New Years is self-explanatory.

Some businesses seem to have no problem capitalizing on the gift-giving aspect of Christmas while doing everything the can to eliminate acknowledging the Reason for the Season in the first place.

Pretty sad, when you think about it.