Merry Christmas - happy holidays?

[Gandalf]

The way things are going language will be banned and having an opinion in the mind will be a crime within about 20 years. Christmas is a daft concept considering it is just extremist consumerism these days, but not calling it Christmas because it might be offensive is just as daft. Personally I go around sending cards to people with pictures of snowmen on the front and the message "Delightful extremist consumerism salutations to you all!" duly inscribed. It makes me feel jolly inside.

[El Kabong]

I've stated this previously but .....


When I say "Merry Christmas" to someone even if they are not of the Christian faith all I am doing is wishing them the best of hope, love, friendship, etc that my faith has to offer. So if someone told me "Happy Chanukah" I would accept it that they were doing the same but from the Jewish faith.


People just search out reasons to be offended...it's childish, look at college campuses in America today......just a bunch of bed wetters

[El Kabong]

[Spicoli]

Merry Christmas for me and I'm as non religious as they come. It's more so how I was raised and frankly fond family memories. Many of the bigger stores are pretty much told to keep it "Happy holidays" as to not offend or exclude anyone but I make it a point to drop Merry Christmas at every dealing or transaction. If someone tells me Happy Hanukkah or what have you I'm not offended in the least. It's what they know, like and follow so all the power to them.

[Master]

This is just right wing propaganda and complete nonsence to divide people against non-Christians.

Do not fall for it.

[El Kabong]

This is just right wing propaganda and complete nonsence to divide people against non-Christians.

Do not fall for it.

There are little things that DO get blown well out of proportion like Starbucks and their red cups rather than Christmas cups....big whoop, whatever


But there are things that happen that do make you wonder, for example ... UNC-Chapel Hill library drops Christmas trees :: WRAL.com

.....and then there are countless efforts to remove nativity scenes.

Sometimes there are on government land which hey, that's fine, nobody is telling you that a Menorah can't go up or a Kinara (basically a Kwanzaa Menorah) or something to do with Eid or what have you....it's always about taking down it's never about, "I'd like space to also put this here" .....and then of course you get asshat trolls who want to put up Satanic shrines or what have you and they only do it to try to get the goat of the Christians and piss them off....and this is part of the reason I like keeping my faith to myself...it's between me and God and that is it with everything else I just try to be a good person and be nice to others.

[Britkid]

Most people in the world are not Christians. They dominate political discourse, so it is quite funny winding them up about their insecurities, particularly because it will not be me who pays the price, but sadly some poor villagers in Syria or Iraq...