Well, Yvonne...
Guess Karen beat me to it :p The plural of holiday, to my knowledge, only comes about during the end of the year known as the "holiday season." I'm guessing because there are a few holidays in a row -- Thanksgiving (which I've had trouble understanding with all the controversy of "indian" and the "white man"... to put it simply and unpolitically correct
), Christmas, and New Year's. I guess one might even throw Halloween in there too. Other days such as Veteran's Day (my birthday
PS - Found this... but it's not what I would call a "reliable" source <g>:
'Happy Holidays' originated not 10 years ago and has nothing to do with New Years. Do a Google for it and you'll find that we use the phrase to avoid offending people, because it's suddenly a crime or something to celebrate Christmas - it's political correctness at its worst. Christmas is a FEDERAL HOLIDAY ... everyone has off, whether you sit around a tree and open presents, or eat Chinese food and go to a movie, or whatever. Why the hell CAN'T we say Merry Christmas without offending people? Saying 'Happy 4th of July' doesn't offend anyone ...
Tried the google thing and haven't found anything yet... I'll let you know if I do.
