Merry Christmas?

A Karenina · Post by **A Karenina** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:52 am

I say Happy Holidays. When I'm wishing someone happiness, I don't know what holidays they celebrate. It's a generic, non-offensive way to wish them well....or so I think...I'm probably insulting hordes of people. Perhaps I should buy bigger door locks. LOL

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:58 pm

The holiday coming is Christmas-Right? We say Happy Holidays because there are (2) with in the same week, yes there is Christmas & New Years...Either way it is all the same...Is there something i am missing here? Please explain if you could?

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:11 pm

kit wrote: Do you say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"?

To those who don't want to use "Merry Christmas" for whatever reason do you also not speak the word "Christmas" at all? If you use the word in say a sentence like "I went to a Christmas party" why?
Wellllllllllllllllllllllllll allow me to ad my 2cents worth

I try to remember to say Happy holidays, because there is many a faith out there that does not celebrate "christmas" but is somewhat forced into our holiday season, so why not be ethnically sensitive. But yes guilty of saying christmas cake, party, gifts, time, lights, shopping etc. Imagine serving us some "happy holiday fruit cake"

Der Wulf · Post by **Der Wulf** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:26 pm

I say Merry Christmas, if you are so small minded that my greeting offends you, I'll gladly take it back and wish you "bugs and grinches in your britches", putz!:-5

A Karenina · Post by **A Karenina** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:59 pm

Der Wulf wrote: I say Merry Christmas, if you are so small minded that my greeting offends you, I'll gladly take it back and wish you "bugs and grinches in your britches", putz!:-5
Hilarious!!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 7:21 am

kit wrote: Do you say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"?

To those who don't want to use "Merry Christmas" for whatever reason do you also not speak the word "Christmas" at all? If you use the word in say a sentence like "I went to a Christmas party" why?

Merry Christmas. If they don't celebrate it anyway, who cares? Why should it upset 'em? Would you be offended if someone said "happy hanukadam" or whatever?