• VisualBuilder4@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Well … Holiday comes from the Old English hāligdæg, meaning holy day. So it closer to it than one might think. But on the other hand … conservative christians might not get that connection

    • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      Which is why I wish them a Merry Yule and the All Father’s blessing, and watch them act like they’re gonna die of contact with an unclean heathen…

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      It was also the default greeting in the 1800’s.

      They changed it somewhere at the start of 1900’s to force Christianity on more people.