Are you happy that Walmart & Macys are saying "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" this year?

Question

Or is this a marketing thing since they lost customers for saying "Happy Holidays"

Answer 1

I THINK IT IS NICE THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER AFRAID TO SAY IT. I KNOW MANY WORKERS FELT SO RESTRAINED BY NOT BEING ABLE TO WHEN IN THE PAST THEY COULD. I SAY WHICH EVER ONE THEY WANT TO SAY, LET THEM SAY IT, BUT DON'T LIMIT IT TO JUST ONE.

Answer 2

I personally don't care what store employees say. Even if a person does not celebrate Christmas and someone says "Merry Christmas" to them, all they need to do is smile and say "same to you." There are some people who would get offended no matter what you said to them so they shouldn't let such a small thing bother them. Just smile, be happy and enjoy the festive time of year whether you celebrate that particular holiday or not.

Answer 3

I am delighted that I'll at least stand a chance of hearing "Merry Christmas" in the stores where I shop (not Walmart, though).

I respect diversity...in fact, I embrace it and I would no more be offended were a store employee to wish me a "Happy Kwanza" or "Happy Hanukah" than I would if they said "have a nice day."

And yet, there are far too many people who take offense to the phrase "Merry Christmas" and I'm tired of it! If you hear it, and it offends, DON'T RESPOND TO IT or respond with your own holiday greeting.

K...I fell off my soapbox and skinned my nose. I'll stop for now. :-)

Answer 4

Well, I like happy holidays because everyone is included but Christmas IS the main holiday of the season. Hanukkah is important but it isn't the most important Jewish high holiday. And Jewish people don't feel it is nessasary to puke thier faith out on the planet in the form of lights, wreths, trees, and garish parades of spending power. People need to stop trying to make everyone happy and people who don't like it need to stop taking ever thing so personally...Merry Christmas

Answer 5

Merry Christmas is a joyful saying meant to bring cheer and happiness. It has religious meaning, no doubt, but many say it as a greeting and meant in happiness. It is not meant to belittle any other holiday. I am glad they are saying it.

Answer 6

I"m happy that they are saying Merry Christmas now if only Target would get a clue.

Answer 7

I have no interest at all in anything Wal Mart does or doesn't do, other than their horrible workplace policies and their oppressive contracts that lower what they pay their suppliers year after year.

Private companies can choose to say anything they want to to mark any holidays they want to mark; it's going to be decided on the bottom financial line, not from any sensitivity to religious diversity.

And people will vote with their pocketbooks.

~shrug~ I don't really see this as all that important.

Government/public agencies are another matter entirely.

Answer 8

So the political correctness police have lost this battle at least in those two stores...good for them!!! This is America and was founded on Christian fundamentals whether we like it or not. Merry Christmas is just fine with me...if someone gets offended by it...that is their issue not mine.

Answer 9

Marketing no doubt. They've isolated themselves and are trying to get back on our good sides.

Love that song Secret Asian Man or is it Secret Agent Man?

Answer 10

I think that folks who automatically default to "Merry Christmas" are being shortsighted for assuming that everybody shares their holiday. However, I don't think it's an act of religious oppression; I think it's more just people being thoughtless.

Honestly, this isn't going to affect me any, 'cause I try to avoid both Wal*Mart and Macy's at every opportunity (I swear the Wal*Mart near me is haunted - I always feel like the place is trying to suck my soul out through my nose if I stay too long). But y'know, I'm not going to jump someone's case if they say "Merry Christmas" to me when my religion would instead say "Blessed Yule". I'm simply going to construe it as a generic good wish, a seasonal twist on "have a nice day", and let it go at that, 'cause I'm 95% sure that's going to be the case.

I will, however, be using a secular greeting. Probably "Merry Fishmas" or something, 'cause I think that's funny. For a Texas town, my neighborhood is actually pretty diverse.

Answer 11

Yes I am happy. It is Christmas not just a holiday and it should be recognized as such. I wish Christians were given as much respect as other religious groups.