I wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to my friends in the
usual form of a card, but it is so difficult in today's world to know
exactly what to say without offending someone.
So I met with my barrister yesterday, and on his advice I wish to say
the following:
Please accept with no obligation, expressed 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 2007, but not without due respect for the
calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society
have helped make our country great (not to imply that Great Britain 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 the following terms:
- This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal at any
time by the wisher.
- 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 him/her or others, and is void where prohibited by law,
and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
- This 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 subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first.
- This warranty is limited to the replacement of this wish or
issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
Best holiday Regards,