Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons by Al Goodwyn for December 14, 2021

Only AG would believe atheist’s have meltdowns over the origin of words.

If you really want to drive “them” crazy, just wish them a Happy Festivus and watch their heads explode!!!

/SHMIRK/

As if anyone but a trumpist wouldn’t know that.

Even if Holiday originated from Holy Day, that’s not its modern meaning. And besides, even if you intend it as Holy Day, that’s still more inclusive because every religion has some concept of Holiness.

The thing that ol’ Al doesn’t get: There are multiple ACTUAL religions. With independent holy days. If you’re being pedantic even non-religious special days are called (in English) “holiday”. Welcome to English.

Stop. No one is telling you that you can’t say Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays is simply meant to show respect for those of us who DON’T celebrate Christmas. After all, Christianity is a minority religion in the US.

So then, why is it the ‘Holier than Thou’s’ that go bat poop crazy when people say Happy Holidays? or Season’s Greetings.

There are many holidays that are not religious. And when the Brits say they are going on holiday, more often than not it has nothing to do with religion.

Some Christians like to think it bothers nonbelievers.

I don’t mind saying merry Christmas or happy Hanukkah, or whatever else to others because I want them to enjoy this time of year. I enjoy Christmas because it has always been a time of meeting families and celebrating life in the middle of winter.

PC in America is destructive!

Why are we giving in to a hand full of self centered, narcissistic cowards???If “THEY” don’t like your opinion or beliefs, and traditions, they protest until everyone caves to their selfish WHIMS!

STAND UP AMERICA and defy their outrageous behavior! Don’t cave, and keep believing and doing what YOU know and stop worrying about what “OTHERS “ think”!

This land is our land, our country and let FREEDOM RING!

Great ’toon! Merry Christmas to all!

I say “Happy Holidays.” I welcome whatever positive greetings people say to me.

Creating a non issue to get angry about. Some people just love feeling angry. They are addicted to it.

This is a classic example of how someone can believe in whatever lie you tell them, if you repeat it enough.

Make it an issue if you are pandering to the religious vote..

Oh Al….as if I take the whining complaints of the “Alternative facts” seriously.

You are from the cult of “Everything I don’t like is Socialism”

When you draw this it just makes me want to ask you to define every word you have written out and cite you source.

Yup, it includes Diwali, Hannukah, Festivus and Kwanzaa as well as Christmas, Winter Solstice, Saturnalia, and a few others.

Right Republican

in my 65 years, in some of the “wokest” places on the planet, I have never heard anything other than “You too” in response to “Merry Christmas”. It’s simply not an issue (except in the minds of conservatives).

Festive Greetings to All!

My wife is Jewish. She’s not observant, but many of her relatives are. I’m certainly not going to wish them a Merry Christmas. There’s such a thing as being polite. Perhaps it’s even among the Christian virtues?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jzhd0SU8k4

People who actually know Scripture would be including Advent, the Annunciation, the Solemnity of Mary, Epiphany, Hannukah, Milad an-Nabi (Mawlid), as well as the Nativity.

fusilier

James 2:24

Happy Holidays for me = The season and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Who , legitimately, gets upset over happy greetings?

Goodwyn makes another contribution to learning…

We have a Jewish friend; her mother and my wife became friends. Every Christmas my wife would send the Mother a “Happy Holidays” card and she would send us one that said “Merry Christmas”. The “War on Christmas” crap is a tired old faked outrage by the right wingers. As usual Goodwyn is a few years behind reality.

Yes, but holy day could refer to the previous pagan holiday that Christmas took over.

Happy Pagan Ritual!

Ian Anderson’s take:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwif0-fm3eP0AhW2AZ0JHZ5QCX8QyCl6BAgPEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXJS9TjjHxx8&usg=AOvVaw1xNiPziT9nUhzRkZUgpJUy

Holy Day? Like Yom Kippur? Or Ramadan? Or it could also refer to the Roman holy day of Saturnalia

Because we all know that Christ isn’t born on Christmas The Romans would never had required the Census to be completed in the Winter. People would have starved to death on the road.

The most probable date would have been in August after the harvesting of the first crops. Other records point to September.

Can someone draw Goodwyn’s head exploding’

War head on Christmas, right wingers are so weird.

I gave up trying to be PC about this. I just go ahead and wish people a Merry Christmas. If they’re insulted by it, then they can either fuss at me or say “Thank you.” For me, it’s kind of like Mother’s Day. I don’t have any children, but when people say “Happy Mother’s Day,” I just smile and thank them, because there’s no need to make an issue of it.

Another BS cartoon about a non-issue. The so called “War on Christmas” was a made up issue by the Republicans to rile up their base.

Goodwyn again shows off those Trump Disciple analysis skills.

Wow, Al points out the obvious. He must have blown his own mind.

Great strip, AI. Let’s keep the CHRIST in Christmas. Let’s Go Brandon!

Gotta try to keep a “war on Christmas” going, even though there never was one…

But “haligdaeg” was used mean both “a consecrated day or religious festival” and “a day on which ordinary activities and work are suspended; a day of festivities,” i.e., a largely secular day off. To avoid confusion, “haligdaeg” was used to mean the secular occasions and “halig daeg,” two words, signified the religious “holy days.” This distinction has carried over into modern English, where we have used, since about the 16th century, “holiday” in a broad sense but “holy day” in only a religious sense. – word detective

There a “he” goes again, mansplaining.

Typical. “Happy Holidays” isn’t about the exclusion of Christianity. It’s about the INCLUSION of other religious celebrations. So, no. Liberals heads aren’t exploding because we get this notion. But Christian conservatives—a waning bunch—can’t accept that. Their loss!

Solstice Salutations!

Every year same old thing. Atheists and secular leftists come out in attack mode on Christmas and religion in general. “Happy Holidays “ is fine but the “holier (heh) than thou” witch ‘splaining’ lecture is unnecessary.

Funny how it’s always the Jews and Christians attacked but never Muslims. Of course, the reason for that is the death fatwa, slitting the throat response for disrespecting Islam.

In my house, we call it ‘winter vacation’.

Would help is evangelicals and other “christians” kept the teachings of Yeshua in Christianity.

This is not a thing, Goodwyn.

I prefer “Happy Holidays” because it isn’t Christmastide yet AND because it doesn’t needlessly offend some people.

It’s a season for goodwill towards our fellow people. What’s so hard about that?

Jen Psaki?

Payne worthy.