Wait, that only works for fairies, right?**

I was reading over at Mac's about the Save an Elf campaign. I am left with nothing but headshaking disbelief. This is the spirit of the season? This is joyous goodwill? This is what we want to embrace?

I love me an elf as much as the next person but I will say whatever I want, whenever I want this holiday season. (Hmmm. It's a holiday season...) Sometimes it might be Joyous Yule. Sometimes Joyeux Noel. Sometimes Felice Navidad. Sometimes Blessed Solstice. Or Happy Festivus. But I am not going to be offended if you wish me any greeting in the spirit of the season, even if you are a mean-spirited, elf killer that wishes me Happy Holidays.

Can this get more ridiculous? If it is such a spiritual holiday to you, have at it, celebrate, enjoy the meaning of the holidays and stop forcing your beliefs on everyone else. Happy Holidays isn't war on anyone, it's inclusive and comes from "holy days" so really, don't you win anyway? Do people really stop shopping at stores that wish you Happy Holidays? Are the stores actually enforcing particular greetings? Aren't we missing the point that it's the commercial, gift giving, secular part of the season that is being attacked for not wishing people Merry Christmas?

It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more? It's a classic. Read it. Watch it.

Happy Holidays. (Sorry elf guys, it had to be done.)