Merry Christmas to all...

Or happy Hanukkah if you prefer. Even "Io Saturnalia" is preferable (considering that that was the origin of many of our Christmas customs) to the greeting "happy holidays". That generic greeting is just a bit too cold and impersonal for my liking.

There are many who assume that people opt for "happy holidays" from a malevolence toward all things Christian. I believe that it's more likely to be CYA — a symptom of the predatory nature of political correctness.

They don't want to risk expressing a personal sentiment from a fear that it could offend someone who just might be different. In the PC world this exposes you to suffer the wrath of the offended. I tend to pity anyone who is subjected to the paranoid existence of leftist codes of conduct.

So when someone greets you with "happy holidays" — I believe that it's kindest to respond with a warmer, more personal alternative.

...and to all a good night!

Meterse en Honduras

In what appears to be a misguided attempt to promote themselves as one of the most politically correct firms in Baltimore, Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A. have portrayed themselves as one of the most patently offensive.

It's obvious that they're not overly concerned about those who believe that it's inappropriate to encourage illegal immigration. So what's so bad about this holiday display?

Lets start with the improper display of the Mexican flags. How much respect can you really have for the eagle when you put him on his back?

Next there's the "Season's Greetings" sign below the windows. In what appears to be a dismissal of Christianity, instead of wishing "¡Feliz Navid!", they opted to superimpose "Felizes Fiestas" on the pyramid at Chichén Itzá. It's as if they expect Mexicans to be more likely to celebrate Kukúlcan than Jesus and Mary.

And I'm not quite sure what to make of the fact that the display is exclusively Mexican. Is this a racist assumption that all Hispanics are Mexican, or are they just discriminating against those who are not?

At best this is a case of cultural negligence! But what makes this especially egregious is that the lion's share of their income comes from generating contempt for those that they accuse of negligence.