Happy Holidays, Bitches!

We are discussing the war on Christmas! Or the lack of one...
Let's talk about why December is a little more secular, and a little more globalist, than you might realize.

In this episode, we cover many of the holidays that take place in December including Kwanzaa and Hanukkah. Because there are literally dozens of holidays happening this time of year, Happy Holidays are more appropriate and acknowledge religious and cultural diversity.

Did you know there are Christians that don't celebrate Christmas? While you may feel there is a "war on Christmas" against the Christian faith, there are subsets of Christianity that don't recognize the holiday.

An umbrella term like "Happy Holidays" welcomes people from all backgrounds and doesn't assume that all white people are Christians (like our resident atheist, Katie). It's not about not celebrating Christmas, it's about recognizing that people come from different walks of life.

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Preston Meyer 00:09

Happy holidays.

Katie Dooley 00:19

Or laughing already. So bad. And welcome to another episode of the holly watermelon Podcast. I'm Katie. I'm Preston. And today, this is our last episode of 2020.

Preston Meyer 00:32

Oh man, I hope the new year is something good.

Katie Dooley 00:34

And I'll just say right now we're going to take three, three weeks between episodes instead of two. But we will see you all in 2021. And hope it's better than 2020. But today, I think this is going to be our most controversial episode yet. six episodes in but

Preston Meyer 00:56

yeah, I mean, it's a low bar, but we're gonna, we're gonna either launch right over it or fall right into it.

Katie Dooley 01:04

So today, we're talking about Happy Holidays, versus Merry Christmas, or on Christmas. I, this isn't all going to be about the war on Christmas, but it's definitely part of our conversation today. And I think why Happy Holidays should be everyone's preferred term.

Preston Meyer 01:29

Honestly, I don't think it needs to be a preferred term. But if you're the person who shouts at other people for saying Happy Holidays, you're the bad guy.

Katie Dooley 01:39

Yeah. Um, so there's a few reasons. I think this and we're, I think we'll just dive right into though.

Preston Meyer 01:47

All right. So what else is going on in December?

Katie Dooley 01:50

I mean, there's a lot going on December, which is why I don't have which is why like, have holiday.

Preston Meyer 01:57

Nice and generic, nice

Katie Dooley 01:59

engineer. So we have a Buddhist holiday called Bodhi day. We have a Jewish holiday called Hanukkah,

Preston Meyer 02:07

which isn't always in December, but it is this year. Also.

Katie Dooley 02:11

Diwali this year was in November, but I think it can fall in December as well. That sounds right. Also, the the Muslim calendar changes every year. So it's kind of good. It doesn't fall this year. But you could definitely fall in December. We have Kwanzaa which is an African American. It's not a religious holiday particular but it does fall in December. We have Zorro Astron holiday called Zara thoughts. D so we have to Hindu holidays Danu sense grantee and Geeta J on TV.

Preston Meyer 02:51

I love listening to you say these things, but I know that I wouldn't pronounce them any better.

Katie Dooley 02:58

Yeah, please throw me sure comment with the phonetics farm, you

Preston Meyer 03:04

send us your homemade MP threes and, or

Katie Dooley 03:08

whatever. And then we also have other Christian or near Christian holidays. So we have you all we have St. Nicholas stay. Epiphany happens in January, but it's kind of related. So there's a lot going on. And there's actually a lot going on all year round. But this is what we call the holiday season. Because

Preston Meyer 03:27

gay white, Christian centric American culture. We focus on one thing, we have one bank holiday in December, and that's December 25. For the white Christians, because let's be real, nobody was thinking about bla...