>>>>BS... she was talking about the religious connotations of "Merry Christmas". You can't have it both ways. Rick was banned for such and Naomi immediately starts a stupid thread about the interpretation of "Merry Christmas" in a religious context.
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>>>I asked if these greetings are OK or not since the new T&C. This is an OK question - I see nothing wrong with it. We all know that this greeting has religious connotation so the question if we are allowed to use it or not is legitimate and valid.
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>>Of course not, you could never do something wrong..
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>FWIW, John, I had the same question. Can I wish someone a Happy Easter or a meaningful fast on Yom Kippur or is a violation of the T&C? Can I tell people I'll be offline for a religious holiday? If I do so and someone asks what the holiday is about, can I answer? Where is the line drawn?
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What about today? Is today a holiday?

(Going for some badly needed levity here).

I think I have finally reached an age that I no longer do April Fool's jokes. There was one, though, that I remember fondly. We went through a seemingly endless lice episode when Allie and Emily were fairly young. That part was definitely not humorous. Someone at school brought it in and then they all got it. Every night we spent an hour or more laboriously going through the girls' hair with a lice comb. Beddings and towels were laundered every day. (The families with boys at school had it easier; the moms all had their sons' heads cut in very short crew cuts. I called them the Hair Club For Men). Tricia got lice from one of the girls, which was even worse because she had a lot more hair. At one point she took them out of town for a three day weekend, hoping the plague ended while they were away. A disgusting mayonnaise concoction was tried. We were on the verge of trying kerosene in the hair. That was recommended by our pediatrician, a young Jewish doctor who said it was a common remedy in Israel. At last, after 3 or 4 weeks, when we were all going insane, the lice were gone from the school.

When April Fool's day rolled around a few months later Tricia called from work (I was working at home at the time and doing school shuttle service) after the girls got home from school, as was her habit, we played a prank on her. I said you probably don't want to hear this but the girls are both saying their scalps itch. Hook, line, and sinker. My young accomplices, who had been struggling to stifle their laughter, shouted out "April Fool!" Let's just say three out of the four of us thought it was funny. Some things become funny after a period of time. I guess for Tricia this was one of those things that never becomes funny.

Fortunately I am reformed.