![]() ![]() But in fact this preoccupation with perpetual happiness is relatively recent. ![]() Like the cycle of the seasons, our emphasis on mirth may seem timeless, as though human beings have always made merry from beginning to end. With glad tidings and good cheer, we seek to bring one year to its natural happy conclusion, while preparing to usher in a happy new year and many happy returns. ![]() But in some respects that is what they are.ĭoesn't every American want to be happy? And don't most Americans yearn, deep down, to be happy all of the time? The right laid out in our nation's Declaration of Independence - to pursue happiness to our hearts' content - is nowhere on better display than in the rites of the holiday season. "HAPPY New Year!" We seldom think of those words as an order. ![]()
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