Tag: Hanukkah

Grzegorz Braun. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia  Commons

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Now there is a Pole memed round the world . . . On the December 12, 2023, Polish MP Grzegorz Braun used a fire extinguisher to put out the lights on a hanukkiah (incorrectly referred to as a menorah in most reports) in the Polish Parliament. The questions everyone on the dissident Right is asking are how did that happen, and is Grzegorz Braun our guy? Just to spoil the fun for everyone right away: no, he is not our guy, and his intentions were not 100% “red-pilled.” Probably the best comparison we can make to anglosphere politics is to say that Braun is a “Catholic Alex Jones” of sorts. (more…)

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It was about thirty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

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It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

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1,506 words / 9:56

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It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

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1,506 words / 9:56

Translations: Czech, French, German, Swedish

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It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

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1,428 words / 9:56

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It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

(more…)

1,428 words / 9:56

Translations: Czech, French, German, Swedish

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It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

(more…)

1,428 words / 9:56

Translations: Czech, French, German, Swedish

Audio version: To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target or link as.”

It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

(more…)

1,428 words / 9:56

Translations: Czech, French, German, Swedish

Audio version: To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target or link as.”

It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

(more…)

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Translations: Czech, French, German, Swedish

It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

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Det var ungefär tjugo år sedan jag först noterade att hälsningen ”god jul” (Merry Christmas) började bytas ut mot det mer intetsägande, neutrala ”god helg”.

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1,407 words

Translations: Czech, French, German, Swedish

It was about twenty years ago when I first noticed that the greeting “Merry Christmas” was being replaced by the bland, neutral “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.”

(more…)

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English original here

C’est il y a environ vingt ans que je remarquai pour la première fois que « Joyeux Noël » [« Merry Christmas »] était en train d’être remplacé par les fades et neutres « Bonne année » [« Season’s Greetings »] et « Bonnes fêtes » [« Happy Holidays »].  (more…)