Re: Good article
"Also, in the vein of acting more human, we should probably say "Christmas" instead of "holiday season". "Happy holidays" is a greeting I would expect to receive from a cold cold Sun T4 server."
That depends on whether you are greeting someone you know to be a Christian, or at least an embracer of the secular Xmas, or whether you are sending a generic greeting. So I wish most of my friends (overtly Christian or otherwise) "Happy Christmas"; my Jewish friends I wish a "happy Hanukkah"; my pagan friends get a "joyous Yule" and my Muslim friends a normal hello or goodbye, as there is no significant Muslim festival over the same period. If however I was sending a generic message and I was uncertain of the religious sensitivities of the recipients (or at least aware that they were diverse) then I would use "Happy Holidays" to be polite as I am not trying to impose my belief system on someone else.
I would expect similar consideration from others so it is only right that I show the same consideration to them.