Post by ed on Dec 23, 2005 14:18:55 GMT -5
For Our Democratic Friends:
>
> "Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes
> for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress,
> non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice
> holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious
> persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with
> respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of
> others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions
> at all. We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling
> and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally
> accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the
> calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society
> have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is
> necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the
> Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed, color, age,
> physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By
> accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting
> is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable
> with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by
> the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or
> himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable
> at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform
> as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of
> one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting,
> whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this
> wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher."
>
> For Our Republican Friends:
>
> Here's wishing all of You a
>
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
>
>
> "Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes
> for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress,
> non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice
> holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious
> persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with
> respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of
> others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions
> at all. We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling
> and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally
> accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the
> calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society
> have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is
> necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the
> Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed, color, age,
> physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By
> accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting
> is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable
> with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by
> the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or
> himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable
> at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform
> as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of
> one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting,
> whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this
> wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher."
>
> For Our Republican Friends:
>
> Here's wishing all of You a
>
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
>