I've just wished someone happy holidays on the basis of caution when speaking to someone new, but amongst people I know even a little bit better I would use happy christmas and assume they'd take it in the spirit it was meant. In fact, the hell with it: Happy christmas everyone on BAUT forum!

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For me it's enough for the garden to be beautifull; why do so many want to see fairies at the bottom?

"Many of those people are not getting four when adding two and two; many of them aren't even getting five or twenty-two. They're getting potato."
Gillianren