It’s just two words. Two words that roll off the tongue with a pleasing balance of consonants and vowels. We uttered them with the greatest of ease and the sincerest of intention once upon a time. A warm wish meant only to confer upon the hearer all the goodness and warmth of the season. That was before we allowed the ugly weed of politics and political correctness to invade the garden of our lives and words. Today this malady has choked off the flowers, and has perverted light into darkness. Now, as I order my coffee and sit in the coffee shop this winter season, I observe friends, looking carefully over their shoulders before they furtively speak the words. Others utter them in loud defiance demanding to be heard not just by the person to whom they speak, for they, too, are making their own political statement.
I say these words now to you in their original form intending all the warmth of the hearth and brotherly love during this yuletide season.
Merry Christmas!
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