Merry Christmas!
Since I'm old enough to remember when "Merry Christmas" was the common greeting of the season, before the supposedly more politically correct and generic "happy holidays" became the common phrase, I'm going to extend a wish for a Merry Christmas to one and all today. (People who didn't celebrate Christmas would generally just tell me that fact and wish me a good one anyway, and even non-Christians still frequently celebrate the secular aspects of the holiday.) You can, of course, choose your favorite from the following list if you'd rather: Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, Bah humbug! I certainly hope no one chooses the last item and that everyone at least chooses the next-to-last. In any case, everyone here at the Danbury Library hopes you have a wonderful holiday season. May it be filled with health, happiness, hope and good cheer!