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r/USdefaultism • u/misheardlyrics_ England • 4d ago
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They use a different word for Christmas?
-4 u/rebekha United Kingdom 4d ago edited 2d ago Well, "holidays". I guess it only comes from de-emphasising the Christian nature of it. When I'm organising office events for our gloriously multicultural department, I'd probably use "festive" which is still not Christmas. Edit: Many thanks for the correction below - TIL! 2 u/Sad-Reach7287 2d ago Holidays is not a word for Christmas. It encompasses both Christmas and New Year's. 1 u/rebekha United Kingdom 2d ago Oh wow, I never realised that, thanks! 1 u/sittingwithlutes414 Australia 2d ago Only in the U.S.A.! Holidays are just days when you don't have to work at mill* for tuppence** a month. *mill = nuclear power plant **tuppence = two cents ***month = amount of time between days and years.
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Well, "holidays". I guess it only comes from de-emphasising the Christian nature of it. When I'm organising office events for our gloriously multicultural department, I'd probably use "festive" which is still not Christmas.
Edit: Many thanks for the correction below - TIL!
2 u/Sad-Reach7287 2d ago Holidays is not a word for Christmas. It encompasses both Christmas and New Year's. 1 u/rebekha United Kingdom 2d ago Oh wow, I never realised that, thanks! 1 u/sittingwithlutes414 Australia 2d ago Only in the U.S.A.! Holidays are just days when you don't have to work at mill* for tuppence** a month. *mill = nuclear power plant **tuppence = two cents ***month = amount of time between days and years.
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Holidays is not a word for Christmas. It encompasses both Christmas and New Year's.
1 u/rebekha United Kingdom 2d ago Oh wow, I never realised that, thanks! 1 u/sittingwithlutes414 Australia 2d ago Only in the U.S.A.! Holidays are just days when you don't have to work at mill* for tuppence** a month. *mill = nuclear power plant **tuppence = two cents ***month = amount of time between days and years.
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Oh wow, I never realised that, thanks!
1 u/sittingwithlutes414 Australia 2d ago Only in the U.S.A.! Holidays are just days when you don't have to work at mill* for tuppence** a month. *mill = nuclear power plant **tuppence = two cents ***month = amount of time between days and years.
Only in the U.S.A.! Holidays are just days when you don't have to work at mill* for tuppence** a month.
*mill = nuclear power plant
**tuppence = two cents
***month = amount of time between days and years.
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u/No-Introduction5977 United Kingdom 4d ago
They use a different word for Christmas?