I either say "thanks" with an extra twinkle or "happy new year" or a generic "best wishes!" which covers prettyuch any situation. The part of the Xmas spirit I can get behind is the friendly boost. If you make the appropriate smile/twinkle/head tilt/voice raise, they'll parse you has having said whatever they wished to hear.
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