Here we are again, at the season when so many complain about people saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.”

I’m here to tell you that any well wishes I receive from you the next month or even any future time of year doesn’t offend me. Any expression you might have that is meant to bring joy and happiness to my life is welcome.

What does offend me, however, is when others make derogatory remarks about the poor, people of race or culture other than their own, or any other religion. If your religion claims there to be one God, then that is the one God looking over all.

So I say to all, “May this season bring you much peace and happiness. May you thrive now and all the days of your life.”

Peter P. Sirois

Madison