Dean Obeidallah : You can stop saying Happy New Year now . It 's tacky and too late . Even South Jersey School of Etiquette president said after the first week , stop . He says we do n't say Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah when those holidays are over . Obeidallah : Happy Hanukah greetings are fine throughout the eight-day holiday but not after . It gets progressively more insincere . The Washington Post has a story about how some people in China have been using Facebook to spread propaganda against their government.
Dean Obeidallah : You can stop saying Happy New Year now . It 's tacky and too late . Even South Jersey School of Etiquette president said after the first week , stop . He says we do n't say Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah when those holidays are over . Obeidallah : It gets progressively more insincere . The Washington Post has a story about how some people in China have been using Facebook to spread propaganda against their government.