Saturday, December 21, 2013

'Tis The Season For Etymology

"Holidays" are "holy days",
in their original meanings.

But nowadays the word and phrase
display divergent leanings.

2 comments:

  1. "Praise God!" say the retailers.

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  2. Prophets, they say, are all well and good, but profits are better understood.

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