Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?

[Don]

Keep Christ in CHRISTmas!

 

[hipshot]

merry CHRISTmas is the ONLY greeting i will ever use

^^^^^Same here ^^^^^

 

[jumpman250r]

Merry Christmas

 

[RickN]

Both.

 

[steelhorse]

Merry Christmas

I guess that I have never really thought of it any other way. If I've offended anyone in the past it wasn't intentional, but then again, I could care less.

 

[SoonerATC]

I will only EVER say Merry Christmas. If you're Jewish and you want to wish me a Happy Hannukah, that's not going to offend me. I'll wish you a Merry Christmas.

I don't get how atheists feel "excluded". How do you feel excluded from something you don't believe in?

 

[rings]

As Walter/Jeff Dunham would say "Its Merry FRICKIN Christmas!!"

 

[kroberts2131]

I will only EVER say Merry Christmas. If you're Jewish and you want to wish me a Happy Hannukah, that's not going to offend me. I'll wish you a Merry Christmas.

I don't get how atheists feel "excluded". How do you feel excluded from something you don't believe in?

I don't get how they feel excluded either. When they press for no religion its exactly the same as Christians wanting to be able to say Merry Christmas. I guess it doesn't register with them that way though. If they don't wanna hear Merry Christmas or anything, I think they need to stop celebrating the holiday all together.

I always say Merry Christmas and spell out Merry Christmas. I know X is a symbol for Christ but most people do not. I think its just the lazy way and an excuse to take Christ out of Christmas. I'm not even very religious at all but I still understand what Christmas actually is.

 

[SMS]

I use both.

If I specifically want to pinpoint Christmas I say Merry Christmas....but if I want to specify the entire season of Christmas and New Years then I use Happy Hollidays.

One does not diminish the other.

 

[Zombie]

either way - more often than not merry christmas or Merry/Happy christmahanakwanzika