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Happy inclusive holidays!

Happy inclusive holidays!

Seasonal greetings should not resort to euphemisms

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Melanie Phillips
Dec 25, 2022
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It’s peak season for festive euphemisms. People with advanced cultural sensitivities are carefully avoiding marking the national festival occurring this weekend by actually wishing anyone “Happy Christmas”.

Perish the thought! Someone who isn’t a Christian might very understandably regard such a message as a micro-aggression and cancel the well-wisher fr…

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