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Just Say Feliz Navidad and Be Done With It?

10:54 am By Maegan La Mala · language

20 Dec 2005

tree-christmas-single.jpg With media talking heads and politicians worrying about how to properly greet people during the winter holidays without offending anyone or leaving anyone out (because it’s not like there’s a war going on or anything), according to DiversityInc, Christian Science Monitor columnist and comedian Julia Gorin has the solution, just say “Feliz Navidad”. According to the article:

Her solution stems from the knowledge that Latino cultures so far don’t seem to be troubled by wording complexes. “Latin Americans, for example, aren’t about to alter the greeting ‘Feliz Navidad.’ Like the song says, ‘Feliz Navidad! Feliz Navidad! I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas….’ It doesn’t say, ‘Feliz Día de Fiesta! Feliz Día de Fiesta!’ In fact, the Yahoo! dictionary doesn’t even have a translation for ‘holiday’ in Spanish,” says Gorin.


Ah yes because we all know the Yahoo! dictionary is the source for reliable information. Forget the fact that there may actually be a Latino person who also happens to be Jewish or who identifies as African-American or pagan even. I’m not jumping on the PC bandwagon here but to be so flippant about using another language is offensive. Oh and by the way one translation for holiday is “feriado”. Feliz Feriado!!!

Via / DiversityInc

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