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Do you prefer “merry Christmas”, “happy holidays”, or both or neither? Do have any feelings about the greeting? Is it all overblown, or does it have any real significance?
“Merry Christmas!”
“I say, ‘Merry Christmas.’ When someone wishes me a “happy holiday”, I ask them which one. Kind of takes them by surprise at times. Without Christmas, there would be no holiday. Never really got the idea of generics for holidays. We don’t force the Jews or Arabs to change ‘Happy Hanukah’ or Ramadan to just ‘holiday’, so why should Christmas be any different?”
“Merry Christmas.”
“It’s ‘Merry Christmas,’ and no bill will make me say anything different.”
“It is ‘Merry Christmas’ and always will be. I understand that ‘Happy holidays’ will suffice for those who may not celebrate Christmas. But to me, it is ‘Merry Christmas.'”
“Stop forcing us to be so happy during the holidays.”
“Either works for me. They both mean the same thing.”
“Merry Christmas!”
“Seasons greetings!”
“‘Merry Christmas.’ After all, if Christ wasn’t born, we wouldn’t have the need to have a Christmas.”
“Merry Christmas.”
“I like both. ‘Seasons greetings’ is even nice. But Christ is the reason for the season, so I love hearing ‘Merry Christmas!'”
“Like both.”
“There would be no Christmas without Christ. Merry Christmas!”
“Merry Christmas.”
“In public setting, ‘Happy holidays’ in private setting, whatever you wish.”
“Seasons greetings.”
“Merry Christmas. They do not mean the same thing. Everyone seems to forget the true meaning. ‘Happy holidays’ has nothing to do with Christmas and its true meaning.”
“I hate to inform all these people that say Christ is the reason for the season. It’s not. It was adopted by the Romans. It originally was called Saturnalia. And had nothing to do with any type of religion.”
“Merry Christmas. I will always keep Christ in Christmas.”
“Merry Christmas! Christ is the reason for the season.”
“Merry Christmas!”