Keep the Card

We got a complaint that we said "holiday" and not Christmas in our city wide mailer. I want to set the record straight, that while we interchange the words holiday and seasons greetings, our main focus is definitely Christmas. We use the word 8 times in one letter!

However, that being said, I, too am annoyed when a business or school deliberately avoids saying or writing the word, "Christmas." Why is this even politically correct? Do we change the word, "Hanukkuh" so non-Jews feel better? It's a Jewish holiday, people!!

So, we have a new idea promoted here by one of our wanna-be vendors who mailed us a truly lovely looking greeting card. It's more of a booklet, really. On the front white cover is one blue snowflake that says, "happy winter." Aw, how sweet.

At the holiday season,
our thoughts turn to those
who have made our success possible.

It is in this spirit we say...
thank you and best wishes
for the holidays
and the new year!

Open it up four more times and there are three lovely pictures of gorgeous local winter scenes. Close it and there is a snowman on white and on one flap an Holidaymas tree on white on the other flap.

The inner city schools in Regina have a hard time getting someone to take on the challenge of the Holidaymas Pageant. An old teacher friend of mine was placed in one of the schools for a bit and she told them she would only take on the project if it she could incorporate some traditional Christmas songs and the nativity.

Guess what? They said yes. I want to remind you of the power of one:

I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do something I can do.