Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Tumblr user batzendrick (date unknown, found reblogged):

My boss once shared a great story about [someone complaining about "happy holidays"]. This happened when he was in a layover in North Carolina back when the "War on Christmas" bullshit was first becoming prominent. He had gone to get a pack of cigarettes, and after he paid for it:

"Merry Christmas."
"Happy holidays."
"No. I said Merry Christmas."
"Do you know what Hanukkah is about?"
"No, what?"
"Some people tried to make us worship their ways, so we rose up and killed them. Happy Hanukkah."

[To my friends lighting the first candle of the season tonight, whether for Hanukkah or for Advent, happy holidays!]

Today is:
Gregorian: 2018 December 02 -- first Sunday of Advent
Julian: 2018 November 19
Hebrew: 5779 Kislev 24 -- Hanukkah will begin this evening, at the start of 25 Kislev
Islamic: 1440 Rabi`al-Awwal 23
Persian: 1397 Azar 11
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.6.0.12
Indian: 1940 Agrahayana 11
Coptic: 1735 Hathor 23