Would you Take a Stand for Merry Christmas, Not Happy Holidays?

Question

I agree that as Canadians and Americans, we should take a stand for our own beliefs. Why do we have to change for the newcomers?

I simply believe that if we're all open for "learning from each other" instead of trying to force our beliefs on another by forcing them to "assimilate" to our own ideas/behavior/beliefs. Why not just accept each other as we all are and integrate each other's beliefs to each other's hearts instead of trying to kill each other's beliefs off? If we say, "Merry Christmas" to each other, we're not insulting anyone.

I will take my stand and wish everyone a Merry Christimas! :-) And by all mean, "Happy All Hallow's Eve" too. Why not! The day after Halloween is All Saints Day, so I will also wish you all "Happy All Saint's Day!" Enjoy life. Learn from each other. Will you take the stand? Or will you let "evil men" control who you are? :> I WILL NEVER CONFORM to the limited boundaries society offers individuals. Enjoy your day, hugs xoxo :x

Answer 1

You are absolutely right. We have the same problem in England. The government and all authorities bend over backwards to accommodate those who follow the Muslim faith.

The US, Canada, and the UK were established as Christian countries and that's how they should remain.

If those who come to live in these 3 countries complain about how their religion should be more recognised then perhaps they should return to their country of origin where they would be in the majority.

I'm Jewish and still believe that you are so right.

Answer 2

There is PC and there is getting offended due to religious beliefs. They aren't always the same.

Most people say Merry Christmas because that's what they've been ingrained since they were born. There's nothing wrong with that. But what about the people who don't celebrate Christmas but have their own winter holidays(Jews, Pagans, etc)? What are you supposed to say to them? Can you tell what a person believes in just by the clothes they wear or how they fix their hair, etc so you know exactly what phrase to tell them? No you can't.

I say "Happy Holidays" as often as I say "Merry Christmas". I honestly don't get how one is considered more offensive than the other? By that, I mean "Happy Holidays" being offensive. Even as a kid I always understood it to mean anything that falls between Thanksgiving and New Year's, and that was many years before the PC police took over the country. The people who get their feathers riled over no one being "allowed" to say "Merry Christmas" are just as bad as the ones who supposedly prevent it. The last time I checked, we were not living in a dictatorship that will threaten you with your life if you say "Merry Christmas". If anything, we are living in a country where one would assume "Merry Christmas" to be expected due to who is running the place with his religious beliefs that people better agree with "or else". I'm not letting imaginary "evil men" control what I do so why should anyone else?

All that said, I don't get what the anger is about. Say whatever you're going to say and go on with your day or life and enjoy the holiday spirit that only comes one time a year when people get along for the most part.

Answer 3

Merry Christmas

Answer 4

I say Merry Christmas, because I want EVERYBODY to have a good Christmas, whether they're Muslim, Jewish, Wiccan, Pagan, Taoist, whatever. I won't tell them to have a lousy Christmas. However, if I know that they're Muslim, Jewish, etc etc, then I will wish them a happy whatever-their-holiday-for-the-day-is. Why should anybody get offended by me wishing them a good day? I get offended when it is suddenly wrong for me to wish somebody a merry Christmas. What ever happened to free speech? My words are suddenly insulting when I only have the best of intents. How is that possible? Why is it that I can curse and yell and fight and kill, but I can't wish somebody a happy day? What is happening to this country??

Answer 5

I will take a stand. If a company decides to say Happy Holidays to apeal to a wider audience, let that be their choice. But I find the fact that a Catholic like myself can't say "Merry Christmas" absurd. I also happen to have Muslim and Hinduist friends who laugh at Christians who think "Merry Christmas" will offend them. So, Merry Christmas, Feliz Dia De Los Muertos, Happy Ramadan, and Joyous Hannukah to all!


Oh I seemed to have forgotten about Happy Gahanbar Paitishahya and Bountiful Harvestide!

Answer 6

Certainly there is nothing wrong with wishing one another a Merry Christmas, and I would never give up wishing others a merry Christmas. However, I will never feel insulted by someone wishing me "Happy Holidays," and if someone says that to me first, I will probably respond in kind. After all, there are many who are NOT Christian that might be offended by my answering "Happy Holidays" with "Merry Christmas." And offending someone is usually not the best way to win their soul to Christ.

Answer 7

I don't plan to take a stand on it but I say what I want to say. If I want to say Merry Christmas, then that is what I will say. If I am greeting someone who does not celebrate Christmas and I know it, then I will say Happy Holidays.

If people can go around spewing noise pollution with foul language and obscenities then I can surely say Merry Christmas if I want to and I don't need permission to do so.

It's funny, these days the only people who have to be politically correct are the people who are not politicians.

Have a great day.

Answer 8

Absolutely!!! Merry Christmas!!

Answer 9

To #311 with 'Political Correctness'!!! I say what I choose to.

If I feel in the mood for a particular Holiday I say whatever is traditional for that Holiday. However, I try to be considerate of the views of the person to whom I am addressing!...if I know their views. If I don't know their views I just keep my mouth shut...BY MY OWN CHOICE!!!! If I'm not in the mood for a certain Holiday then I don't say anything at all unless I'm spoken to first, then I respond with, "You, too!"

I personally LIKE the term "Happy Holidays!" and was, at times, using it LOOOOOONG before it became a POLITICAL P.iece O.f S.'tuff'!!!

BTW: I was raised Episcopal but I don't affiliate myself with any particular "Religion" or "Denomination" any more. I find it more fulfilling to just be simply Deeply Spiritual! AND, I bet a lot of you don't know that there ARE a small handful of Christian Denominations that do NOT celebrate Christmas. I'll let YOU do the research to find out which ones, if you're not too lazy to!

Answer 10

I absolutely agree. Political correctness doesn't replace offensive terms with unoffensive terms. It MAKES the terms that exist offensive and proposes alternatives. There's nothing wrong with "Merry Christmas"! Infact, I'm more likely to go to a store which says merry christmas for their promotions than one that says "Happy Holidays"

Answer 11

Good for you, but because I want the holiday season to include everyone, NOT just believers in Christ, I will continue to wish everyone I see a Happy Holiday. Your question is a bit muddled to me - on one hand you seem to be saying we should not force our beliefs on anyone, yet you don't find Merry Christmas might be slightly insulting to Jews or Muslims, who have their own high holy days around the same time. Holiday is a compound word - holy and day. I see no reason for anyone to be offended by holiday. I don't let "evil men" tell me not to be insensitive to the feelings of others - I'm just not insensitve period. I would be offended if someone who knew I was Jewish (which I'm not) said Merry Christmas to me. Tolerance is all about the ability to imagine yourself into someone else's shoes, and how you would feel in a situation like this, not how someone else tells you to behave.