Words that should be banned: Happy Holidays

Because it is plastic-speak. It is a fake, banal greeting so diluted by overuse that it ceases to have meaning. Happy Holidays is Hallmark language, a corporate melting-pot greeting pitched broadly to a lowest common denominator. Happy Holidays offends no one and but thrills no one either. It is a blanc-mange greeting.

If a well-wisher wants to greet an acquaintance or friend at this time of year, they will know or ask which tradition is being celebrated. Hanukkah? Christmas? Kwanzaa? Winter Solstice?
What greater respect can the well wisher pay than to ask how the recipient celebrates?

Inclusivity? Yes. Diversity. Yes. These add colour and flare to a celebration. But Happy Holidays? This draws a dark curtain on the colour and flare, blunting out the character and joy of the celebration. So, let's save Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Winter Solstice from this banalization and ban Happy Holidays.