Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Festivus (/ ˈ f ɛ s t ɪ v ə s /) is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season.Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike", [1] [2] which O'Keefe's son, Dan O'Keefe, co-wrote.
Happy holiday [χaɡ saˈme.aχ] Hebrew Used as a greeting for the holidays, can insert holiday name in the middle; e.g. "ḥag Hanukkah sameaḥ" (חַג חֲנוּכָּה שַׂמֵחַ). [2] Also, for Passover, "ḥag kasher vesameaḥ" (חַג כָּשֵׁר וְשָׂמֵחַ) meaning wishing a happy and kosher(-for-Passover) holiday. [2 ...
The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". There are innumerable variations on this greeting, many cards expressing more religious sentiment, or containing a poem, prayer, Christmas song lyrics or Biblical verse ; others focus on the general holiday season with an all-inclusive "Season's greetings".
The word holiday is a combination of the words holy and day. It comes to us from the Old English word “haligdæg,” which is defined as a consecrated day or religious anniversary. A holy day.
Yulefir sure be able to put up your own tree this year with a much better idea of its history—enjoy learning all about the Christmas tree's origin! Related: How To Flock a Christmas Tree
The greetings and farewells "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Christmas" are traditionally used in English-speaking countries, starting a few weeks before December 25 every year. Variations are: "Merry Christmas", the traditional English greeting, composed of merry (jolly, happy) and Christmas (Old English: Cristes mæsse, for Christ's Mass).
But at the holidays, a ‘90s baby can be spotted when they blast ‘NSync’s “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.” The 1998 holiday hit is part of the boy band’s Home for Christmas album ...
The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year", much like that of the first commercial Christmas card, produced by Sir Henry Cole in London in 1843. [51] The custom of sending them has become popular among a wide cross-section of people with the emergence of the modern trend towards exchanging E-cards .