<P> Lindmere's edits on notes about when "Season's Greetings" came into fashion reminded me of something: Christmas was banned by law in America (for a short time) by Puritans who thought it was becoming "unholy" with all the commercialization and drunken reveling that occured around Christmas . At least that's what I've heard (and that's why I post it here instead of in the article; also, too lazy to research it right now). Perhaps "Season's Greetings" came into effect to try to get around the banning of Christmas? Anybody want to research this? </P> <Dl> <Dd> Intriguing theory, but since the Puritan ban was brief and geographically limited, I don't think it was ever "underground" long enough to merit a "secret handshake" type of greeting . The whole "greeting" business is puzzling to me; I'm not sure why a card has to "greet" you, but they surely all do, at least until the 20th century . My own source material was collections of online cards . It would be very interesting to know how many of the variant greetings were actually used by people talking to each other . I guess we've dropped a lot of the longer ones for brevity, but as noted above, I'm now anxious to try out "With the very best compliments of the season" on a clerk at CVS, maybe with a tip of the cap and a bow . Lindmere 17: 47, 22 December 2005 (UTC) </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Intriguing theory, but since the Puritan ban was brief and geographically limited, I don't think it was ever "underground" long enough to merit a "secret handshake" type of greeting . The whole "greeting" business is puzzling to me; I'm not sure why a card has to "greet" you, but they surely all do, at least until the 20th century . My own source material was collections of online cards . It would be very interesting to know how many of the variant greetings were actually used by people talking to each other . I guess we've dropped a lot of the longer ones for brevity, but as noted above, I'm now anxious to try out "With the very best compliments of the season" on a clerk at CVS, maybe with a tip of the cap and a bow . Lindmere 17: 47, 22 December 2005 (UTC) </Dd> <P> User CrazyInSane redirected this article to Holiday . The usual way to do so is to propose the article for merger or deletion according to Wikipedia's deletion policy, rather than summarily redirect it . While this is a seasonal topic that has produced more heat than light, I think the chances of it reappearing next Christmas are high . Lindmere 11: 48, 16 April 2006 (UTC) </P>

When do u say compliments of the season