Christmas greetings and some trimmings

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

That's my traditional celebratory greeting for this time of year.  I'm good with Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays, too.  But my favorite is to say "Merry Christmas" combined with an optimistic look ahead.

My greeting is all-inclusive and not religiously-discriminatory.  Those of other faiths and backgrounds are entitled to other greetings with roots in their own religions, but for the most part I am unaware of what they should be.  To my Jewish friends, I know to say "Happy Hanukkah!"  But I can never keep track of Ramadan, and since it lasts a full month it doesn't lend itself to a slice-in-time greeting.  And I am clueless about what to say to those who are Buddhist, Deist, Humanist, Hindu, Shinto, Wiccan, Sikh, Tao, Confucian, Jedi (yes, it's for real), Baha'i, Rastafari, Unitarian, or adherents to any of numerous other faiths or non-faiths.  (Atheists and agnostics, take note:  I'm trying to leave a place opening for you here.)