Roman ALAN<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@fostermwolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fostermwolf</span></a></span> </p><p>Best wishes for the season from Aotearoa, to you & yours!</p><p>I hope that your knee-jerk reaction to "Merry Christmas" greeting is "Happy holidays" (or something similar).</p><p>If the greeter is curious why you've avoided saying "Merry Christmas", tell them the sentiment of "I wish you well in this season" stays, no matter which language you use (well, except foul language).</p><p>It's actually "Saturnalia", but the Roman church changed the name.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/MidwestNice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidwestNice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SeasonsGreetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeasonsGreetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holidays</span></a></p>