Merry Christmas There are even admonitions to avoid certain activities on New Year 's Day because they portend bad luck for the coming year . : You can stop saying Happy New Year 's Day now . It 's tacky and too late . Even CNN president said after the first week , stop . He says we do n't say Dean Obeidallah or Happy Hanukah when those holidays are over . Obeidallah : It gets progressively more insincere . Lets agree to cut off the greeting at the first week .
Merry Christmas : You can stop saying Happy New Year 's Day now . It 's tacky and too late . Even CNN president said after the first week , stop . He says we do n't say Dean Obeidallah or Happy Hanukah when those holidays are over . Obeidallah : It gets progressively more insincere . Lets agree to cut off the greeting at the first week .