Introduction
Merry 25th of December!
Happy Last Monday in May!
Happy 4th of July!
The first two don’t make sense, so why should the last one? Let me tell you…
Words Matter
From the short example above, it is hopefully abundantly clear that words matter. In America, we do not wish each other Merry 25th of December nor Happy Last Monday in May. Rather, we say “Merry Christmas” to refer to the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and “Happy Memorial Day” to refer to the honoring of military personnel who died in service to the United States. If you said the former two, people would surely look at you funny because it would be as if you are celebrating the day itself devoid of any actual meaning.
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