The White House sent out "Happy Holiday" cards recently; Pajamas Media and The Anchoress have some thoughts and links. While I can't help but feel a twinge of disappointment, I do agree with Jim Geraghty when he writes:

Look – the reason many of us cringe at “Happy Holidays” is that we don’t want anyone to feel social pressure or a stigma to change their personal choice or preference of what to say during this time of year. (Renaming Christmas trees to "Holiday Trees" is just silly; Hanukah and Kwanzaa don’t feature a big tree with a star or angel on top. It would be every bit as silly to call the big candelabra with nine candles the “Holiday Menorah.”)

If you want to say, “Merry Christmas,” say “Merry Christmas.” If you want to say, “Happy Holidays,” say, “Happy Holidays.” Ditto Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Indian New Year, Boxing Day, Beethoven’s Birthday, or whatever. You can’t offend me with an offer of goodwill; and anyone who does get offended really, really needs to switch to decaf.

However, if George W. Bush is writing “Happy Holidays” on his cards, I doubt he’s capitulating to social pressure or folding under the stern glare of the ACLU or Americans United for Separation of Church and State. It’s his card - well, the RNC paid for it - and it’s his call. I’m not going to draw my sword over a card that features the presidential pups instead of a manger.

And I'm sorry, Bush “claims to be a born-again, evangelical Christian. But he sure doesn't act like one?” What is this, excommunication based on Christmas cards?

It strikes me that there are some conservatives out there who were completely willing to give George W. Bush a pass for huge spending hikes, signing campaign finance reform, Harriet Miers, but putting “Happy Holidays” on his cards constitutes a deal-breaker.

Update: Orrin Judd looks at the White House's Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Ceremony, which Scott Johnson of Power Line (who attended) describes as an evening to remember.

Another Update: In other holiday-related news, PunditGuy has video of The Ultimate Christmas Light Show.