Topic: Merry Christmas one and all.

[h4ppy-chris]

I met with my lawyer yesterday, and on his advice I wish to say the following:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the Winter solstice holiday practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2013 , but not without due respect for the calendar of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great (not to imply that our country is necessarily greater than any other country) and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, 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 her/him or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. The 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 new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

Best Regards (without prejudice) chris merry xmas

[RubyDoo]

Merry Xmas to those north of Watford too    

[Peripatetic Phil]

Earliest attribution so far traced is David Bibb, in Rec.Humour.Funny, who states that "[he] got this from a friend who got it from a friend...".  In view of this clear breach of copyright, I therefore regret that I have made a formal complaint under the Plagiarism Act 2007 (as amended) and instructed E Scrooge Q.C. to act on the plaintiff's behalf when the hearing comes before the High Court.  Mr Scrooge was unfortunately detained elsewhere when the brief was delivered (possibly as a result of too many refreshers), but his learned clerk gave me to understand that based on precedent and case law, Mr Scrooge's most likely response could confidently be expected to be "Bah, humbug" and that this should be communicated to all parties concerned.  I therefore wish you all "Bah, humbug", and may God have mercy on your souls.

[Aussie Mick]

All the best to all of you

[Stephen Lindsay]

Merry Xmas to those north of Watford too    

Och aye!

[loveitspicy]

Happy Christmas to everyone - All the best for the New Year 2013.

We will be working Christmas but celebrate the New Year out here so a couple of days off at least.

best, Rich

[commis]

Greetings to all

[Micky Tikka]

Raise a glass to you all
Cheers 

[Les]

A very happy Christmas to everyone at cr0.

Les

[natterjak]

Happy Christmas all. Here's hoping for a peaceful break for everyone.  On the forum as well as at home