“Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays”?

The word “holidays“ comes from two Old English words meaning “holy“ and “days“ that were secularized over time.

So, if someone says, “Happy Holidays,“ a proper response should be, “And Happy Holy Days to you too, and have a very Merry Christmas!”

Putting “Old English“ aside, in today’s Modern English, to which all of us are accustomed, “Happy Holidays“ is, in my opinion, a woke way to avoid mentioning “Christmas.“ That being said, in these modern days, consider me old-fashioned.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!