In the Christmas/Holiday season, any greeting whose sole instrumental purpose is a financial transaction.
When an employee of a retail establishment greets a shopper in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year-- though in particular, beginning on Black Friday.
When an employee of a retail establishment greets a shopper in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year-- though in particular, beginning on Black Friday.
CLERK: "Season's Greedings, Ma'am."
SHOPPER: "Thanks, and Happy Holidays to you, too. Do you accept American Express?"
'Merry Christmas' and 'Happy Holidays' are the most common season's greedings.
SHOPPER: "Thanks, and Happy Holidays to you, too. Do you accept American Express?"
'Merry Christmas' and 'Happy Holidays' are the most common season's greedings.
by Neologian-PJG December 25, 2011
Get the season's greedings mug.A term for the period in the year where the media/press (particularly newspapers, tabloids) do not have enough articles to fill the paper/schedule, and so resort to unverifiable, trivial, irrelevant, stupid or hoax stories. Phrase used particularly in British satire.
When reading a newspaper: "'Buckingham Palace corridors are fitted with traffic lights to stop staff bumping into the Queen?' Must be silly season again."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4198990.stm
Examples of silly season stories:
"Senator John Kerry once rescued a hamster from the sea and massaged it back to life"
"Bebo tries to beam messages to Earth-like planet"
"A rabbit started a fire at Devizes cricket club in Wiltshire, causing more than £50,000 damage"
"A woman has bequeathed to her children a piece of fruit that has been in her family since 1921"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4198990.stm
Examples of silly season stories:
"Senator John Kerry once rescued a hamster from the sea and massaged it back to life"
"Bebo tries to beam messages to Earth-like planet"
"A rabbit started a fire at Devizes cricket club in Wiltshire, causing more than £50,000 damage"
"A woman has bequeathed to her children a piece of fruit that has been in her family since 1921"
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"No. I just finished the last episode of Mad Men, and I'm suffering from post season depression...you haven't seen it you wouldn't understand."
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