Ho Ho Huh?

Santas in The Land Down Under have been ordered to knock off with the ho ho ho-ing.

Why?

Because some believe it is offensive toward women:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071115/tap-lifestyle-australia-christmas-offbea-5a1703c.html

They're supposed to say "ha ha ha."

Crikey! What's next?

We say hah-hum instead of ho-hum? Hah-tel instead of hotel? Hah-ldout instead of holdout? Don Hah instead of Don Ho?

And, I suppose, we'll be singing "Hah-lly Jolly Christmas," "Oh Hah-lly Night" and "Deck the halls with bows of "hah-lly" this year for the holiday season.

Sheesh.