Christmas Television 2011

Would have thought of that as the opposite of humbug, it's not a term I'm balking at with disgust though.

T'is awful, sir, but they are American networks so it's kind of a given.

Next you'll be telling me you don't wannabe a Toys R Us kid neither.

S4C's Christmas promo is airing now - Video

Information from S4C.

Maybe just a hint to the look of the idents as well...

http://www.theidentgallery.com/s4c/xmas2011/S4C-2011-XMAS-PROMO-1-D.jpg

Me neither. For the same reason I've never been a fan of the Coke lorries advert.

I'm not religious at all, but I have my holidays in the summer

the coke advert doesn't say happy holidays, it just says holidays are coming... which techncially is true

I don't say 'Happy Holidays' as a term though. If I was wishing someone a greeting who isn't Christmas I'd say Season's Greetings

What?

I never said it did say 'happy holidays'. 'Holidays are coming' is technically correct but for most of us it's about 6 months too early!


I assume you mean 'Christian'? Do you check everyone's religion beforehand then?

I don't know any non-christians, including myself who have a problem with being wished 'Merry Christmas'. It's increasingly a secular holiday anyway, the origin of the name is irrelevant.

Yes, sorry, Christian. No, I just know people who are not Christian and prefer me not to say 'Happy Christmas'.

Maybe so, but I'm not going to throw my beliefs just yet.

But if you don't know someone's religion, what do you say? or do you tie yourself up in knots hoping you're not going to offend?

Which greeting would you say to me if we met for example?

If we met I'd say "hello"

if you mean christmas I'd probably say "happy christmas", and then you would correct me. that's how I usually do it.

I live in one of the most cosmopolitan parts of the country and work in a multi-national company.... and no-one's ever expressed a preference or objected to the word 'Christmas'.

Mind you I do know non-Christians who object to 'Xmas' which I can kind of understand. And there are non-Christians like me who object to 'Holidays' because it's an Americanism that doesn't work in our type of English

Happy Winterval