I noticed it on Saturday when about the 4th working person told me "Happy Easter" in establishments where they only go so far as "Happy Holidays" at Christmas time. Isn't there supposed to be a War on Christians? Did we win and nobody tell me? Or is this just a truce for Easter? Maybe they figured I wouldn't be out and about on Passover if I were Jewish. Of course, I'm sensitive enough to worry that when clerks were wishing me Happy New Year on or about January 1st they were upsetting the Chinese and Moslems who celebrate New Years at a different time. Oddly enough, nobody told me "Have a good Good Friday" on Friday.
I'm taking my cue from Joshua:
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
So (belatedly) Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Happy Days, or even Happy Cranky Atheist Day to you, as the case may be.
While Easter is a celebration of Christ's resurrection, it still seems like "Happy Easter" is inappropriate to me. Sort of like the Jewish Day of Atonement--would you wish them a Happy Yom Kippur?
In terms of PZ--wow, he is cranky--he also clearly doesn't understand Presbyterians were we really don't have a hierarchy as he thinks of it--just lots of meetings--even meetings about meetings.
Christmas gets "Merry" as it's adjective; Easter gets the standard "Happy" that every other day gets. "Sincere" might be better, but then it makes one sound judgemental. It's pretty much impossible to sum it all up in a a single adjective, so I guess I'll stick with "Happy".