# Merry Crispness to All!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-crispness-to-all/603778>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 22, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-crispness-to-all/603778 "2011-11-22T18:38:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-crispness-to-all/603778/1 "2011-11-22T18:38:32Z")

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For all the Og-thankers who are tired of “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings”, let’s propose alternatives. My submission is “Merry Crispness”. It welcomes the cooler climate (a crispness in the air). It evokes bacon. It can be used earlier in the year and retailers love that. It also sounds enough like “Merry Christmas” to force a double-take or two and I think we all secretly enjoy that.

Teeming millions, what say you?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-crispness-to-all/603778/2 "2011-11-22T18:54:34Z")

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What about folks in the Southern Hemisphere? It’s Spring/Summer there now.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-crispness-to-all/603778/3 "2011-11-22T19:03:01Z")

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How about we respect people enough to express wishes to them in a manner appropriate to their culture and religion?

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**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Obvious)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-crispness-to-all/603778/4 "2011-11-22T19:25:04Z")

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> [@Mr.Moto](#):
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> How about we respect people enough to express wishes to them in a manner appropriate to their culture and religion?

This.

I don’t ascribe to any particular religion, but I wish my Jewish friends happy Hanukkah, my Christian friends merry Christmas, etc.