I will say Merry Christmas to everyone and won't let anyone stop me

[Anonymous]

I think of any of us who are 55 and up, we remember being young and learning you say Merry Christmas in December not so much that you are trying to shove you religion down someones throat but just as a kind greeting to wish someone well during the holidays.

Now its being turned into a greeting with the secret agenda, this is absurd. There is nothing wrong with saying Merry Christmas IMO as a holiday greeting to wish someone well. End of story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so SICK of this holiday P.C. bullshit. I celebrate Christmas am proud of it and won't hesitate to wish anyone out there a Merry Christmas with a smile and not think twice!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!

Merry Christmas, my dear!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Jew OP and I will smile and say Merry Christmas right back. Because you are being sweet by wishing me a Merry Christmas and because I am not so PC that I don't see that.

In this crazy world where people can be such assholes, having someone simply be nice is lovely.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think of any of us who are 55 and up, we remember being young and learning you say Merry Christmas in December not so much that you are trying to shove you religion down someones throat but just as a kind greeting to wish someone well during the holidays.

Now its being turned into a greeting with the secret agenda, this is absurd. There is nothing wrong with saying Merry Christmas IMO as a holiday greeting to wish someone well. End of story.

No, it's not being turned into a greeting with a secret agenda. What's happening is that people are becoming better educated and aware, and realize that there's a huge portion of the population that not only doesn't celebrate Christmas, but may have their own religious celebrations that occur during the November/December time frame. Saying "Happy Holidays" incorporates Christmas, but also the other religious holidays the person might celebrate, and Thanksgiving/New Years. So when I hear someone wishing random people "Merry Christmas," I don't assume it's malicious, but I do tend to assume the person is probably a little less educated (not in the bookish sense, but in the worldly sense).

[Anonymous]

It's Nov. 13. I'm a Methodist.

If you wish me "Merry Christmas" today, OP, I'll probably ask you to hold while I pull out my phone, find my calendar and show you what month it is. Then I'd reply, "you're a month early."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's Nov. 13. I'm a Methodist.

If you wish me "Merry Christmas" today, OP, I'll probably ask you to hold while I pull out my phone, find my calendar and show you what month it is. Then I'd reply, "you're a month early."

sorry dude but you sound like a complete asshole

[Anonymous]

I'm Jewish and not offended by being wished a Merry Christmas by strangers. I AM offended when people assume it's a universal holiday, or assume that as Jew that I celebrate it anyway. It IS a lovely, joyous holiday, but I don't celebrate it. Pagan roots or Christian ones, I'm neither.

I find the commercialism silly. The message being sent to my kids from external forces is that ALL kids get Santa and presents and decorations and at least two whole months out of the year getting hyped up for it all. I keep it reined in because we have our own beautiful holidays to celebrate and our own ways of giving gifts, but they're just not as bold and public as Christmas.

So yeah, Christmas is lovely, but if for 2 whole months there was something that you didn't celebrate being thrown in your face, after a while you too might internally roll your eyes every time someone wished you a "Happy Day-you-dont-believe-in"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How the heck do I know what everybody celebrates? If it's Christmas now, why would I wish someone a Happy 4th of July?

Now, if a person is uptight enough to say she celebrates something else, I'll wish her that too. Inclusiveness goes both ways, and your insistence on not hearing about my holidays does not sound very inclusive to me

Exactly. You don't know, and since Christmas is actually only one day, and we don't say Happy 4th of July all of July, why not just skip it? Say Merry Christmas to any and all on Dec 25, and happy holidays every other day to cover the entire secular and non secular holiday season from November to January--there are LOTS of holidays and observations in that time.

We don't say Happy 4th of July all July, but we certainly start saying it before the actual day

I grew up with the New Year's Eve being the main state holiday. When I was a child, Christmas was somewhat marginalized and celebrated quietly. My family didn't bother. Now I live in a country based on Christian tradition, so I get with the program and have myself a merry little Christmas. Frankly, it does not make much of a difference to me, because the paraphernalia is mostly the same: it's a day off work, there is a tree, a Santa with presents, and a ton of fattening food. When I celebrated the New Year's, people started to get into the mood well before it. Preparing for the holiday is part of the holiday.

I don't get why you insist on stringent one-day rule. Maybe you should stay at home more and not spoil it for other people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think of any of us who are 55 and up, we remember being young and learning you say Merry Christmas in December not so much that you are trying to shove you religion down someones throat but just as a kind greeting to wish someone well during the holidays.

Now its being turned into a greeting with the secret agenda, this is absurd. There is nothing wrong with saying Merry Christmas IMO as a holiday greeting to wish someone well. End of story.

No, it's not being turned into a greeting with a secret agenda. What's happening is that people are becoming better educated and aware, and realize that there's a huge portion of the population that not only doesn't celebrate Christmas, but may have their own religious celebrations that occur during the November/December time frame. Saying "Happy Holidays" incorporates Christmas, but also the other religious holidays the person might celebrate, and Thanksgiving/New Years. So when I hear someone wishing random people "Merry Christmas," I don't assume it's malicious, but I do tend to assume the person is probably a little less educated (not in the bookish sense, but in the worldly sense).

Uh yea also why we cannot say things like Thank God and why kids who mention reading a bible are sent home for the day from school, I could go on...when does it stop?
How moronic to say you think the person is less educated if they Merry Christmas. Just about everyone i know says it and I can tell you there is not an under educated one in the entire bunch.

When someone wishes me a Merry Christmas I say it right back and I dont' even celebrate it! If someone says Happy Holidays, I say Happy holidays right back. NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ITS MEANT WITH GOOD WILL. Lets not read into it any more!

[Anonymous]

^^Oh, and if I lived in Iran, I would gladly celebrate any holiday Islam would throw at me. Because holidays are fun, and people who hate them are not fun.

[Anonymous]

Merry Christmas is a season, a state of mind, a time where most of us NEED to feel warm and fuzzy and frankly it feels good to "get in the season".

We are not religious at all but I love seeing all the stores decked out an hearing the Christmas music and people just seem happier in December. There are office parties and a spirit in the air you just don't feel any other time.

It is far beyond that one day Dec. 25th, to me Christmas is the entire month of Dec (and a little before) and a great excuse to feel good about the world again, whether or not you celebrate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I think of any of us who are 55 and up, we remember being young and learning you say Merry Christmas in December not so much that you are trying to shove you religion down someones throat but just as a kind greeting to wish someone well during the holidays.

Now its being turned into a greeting with the secret agenda, this is absurd. There is nothing wrong with saying Merry Christmas IMO as a holiday greeting to wish someone well. End of story.


No, it's not being turned into a greeting with a secret agenda. What's happening is that people are becoming better educated and aware, and realize that there's a huge portion of the population that not only doesn't celebrate Christmas, but may have their own religious celebrations that occur during the November/December time frame. Saying "Happy Holidays" incorporates Christmas, but also the other religious holidays the person might celebrate, and Thanksgiving/New Years. So when I hear someone wishing random people "Merry Christmas," I don't assume it's malicious, but I do tend to assume the person is probably a little less educated (not in the bookish sense, but in the worldly sense).

Yep if you say Merry Christmas people think you are a member of Westboro Baptist church, tea partiers protesting the Sand Hook parents and packing a gun. It has become a right wing greeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Nov. 13. I'm a Methodist.

If you wish me "Merry Christmas" today, OP, I'll probably ask you to hold while I pull out my phone, find my calendar and show you what month it is. Then I'd reply, "you're a month early."

sorry dude but you sound like a complete asshole

I'm not the one using a holiday salutation as a wedge.

[Anonymous]

I'm an atheist and say "merry Christmas." I've only been corrected once. It's really not a big deal. Say what you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think of any of us who are 55 and up, we remember being young and learning you say Merry Christmas in December not so much that you are trying to shove you religion down someones throat but just as a kind greeting to wish someone well during the holidays.

Now its being turned into a greeting with the secret agenda, this is absurd. There is nothing wrong with saying Merry Christmas IMO as a holiday greeting to wish someone well. End of story.

No, it's not being turned into a greeting with a secret agenda. What's happening is that people are becoming better educated and aware, and realize that there's a huge portion of the population that not only doesn't celebrate Christmas, but may have their own religious celebrations that occur during the November/December time frame. Saying "Happy Holidays" incorporates Christmas, but also the other religious holidays the person might celebrate, and Thanksgiving/New Years. So when I hear someone wishing random people "Merry Christmas," I don't assume it's malicious, but I do tend to assume the person is probably a little less educated (not in the bookish sense, but in the worldly sense).

Uh yea also why we cannot say things like Thank God and why kids who mention reading a bible are sent home for the day from school, I could go on...when does it stop?
How moronic to say you think the person is less educated if they Merry Christmas. Just about everyone i know says it and I can tell you there is not an under educated one in the entire bunch.

When someone wishes me a Merry Christmas I say it right back and I dont' even celebrate it! If someone says Happy Holidays, I say Happy holidays right back. NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ITS MEANT WITH GOOD WILL. Lets not read into it any more!

Honestly, to me the assumption that they're just not that educated in the worldly sense is a kindness. The other assumption I could make is that they're well aware of the issue and understand the arguments on the other side, but have decided to deliberately exclude others and wish kindness only on those who celebrate Christmas. The former is benign, the latter malicious. No matter which assumption we make, though, I am always polite to people when they greet me.