For the non-Christians. Do you get offended if people say "Merry Christmas" to you?

Question

I don't get offended, but a lot of people say it apologetically.

Answer 1

Im catholic but I wouldn't expect people to get offended because Im sayin something positive, I am pleased when I hear people wish me a happy Eid or any other non-Christian religious festival. People who would take offence are often ignorent bitter people. Btw bless you was a Catholic thing that came around during the time of the black death as sneezing was one of the first signs and the pope ordered everyone to be blessed when they sneezed so as to keep the plague at bay ... or so im told.

Answer 2

No!

But I feel sorry for the poor fool who doesn't even know what he is saying since Christmas is the reformed celebration of the Feast of the Sun God

By pagans who thought the World was flat and who celebrated the birth of the Sun at the Winter Solstice

After which they made it the birth of the son of the Sun God, Jesus, while they still were unaware that the Earth was a Globe,

Which is why Australians celebrate Christmas in December and in July and do not admit that their God was ignorant of the spherical shape of the Planet Earth

And the reasons for the four seasons that produced the magic of winter and their religion.

Answer 3

I don't get offended, and no one ever sounds apologetic to me.Christmas is just a big over-hyped, money making and spending holiday. Christ, if there was one, was not born In December, and Christmas trees are a pagan custom. However my motto is live and let life. Other folks are free do do whatever they want with the winter holiday. I am not a Christian, but Its no big deal.

Answer 4

I don't get offended at all. The only time I have ever been offended by anything Christmas-related was when my assistant and I were working on Christmas day (back when I used to work at a store), and a woman went on and on about how terrible the person was who scheduled us on Christmas. I explained to her that I was the manager, I did the schedule, and that we were fine with it as we weren't Christian. The look she gave me and the way she threw her money across the counter at me was disgusting.... as if we were heathens.

Answer 5

Usually no, especially since in America the idea of Chistmas has been totally sanitized away from it's Christian roots...It's now just a day off from work, and a reason to buy gifts.

It has more to do with the pagan Yule than anything else...

Answer 6

Do you get offended of someone says Happy Haunaka (sp?) or Merry Yule. (Jewish and Pagan in case you dont recognize them) I have been in many faiths but most people are Politically Correct enough to not make a big deal about it.

Answer 7

It completely depends on how it's said - and my mood, I guess.

Most folks say "Merry Christmas!' in a friendly way, and I generally reply in just as friendly a way "Thank you, and a Blessed Yule to you!".

On rare occasions I have had someone stare at my pentagram and say very aggressively, "Merry CHRISTmas" as some sort of challenge. That's rude.

But, hey, no need to be rude back, right?

"Thank you, and a Blessed Yule to you!"

Answer 8

Dear friend, as a Buddhism student, we respect every belief system, and are really grateful when people wishes us a good thing such as a "Merry Christmas", in a world so deprived of love and compassion such an act is really a very good thing.

Answer 9

Doesn't bother me a bit. I no more get offended than if a Jewish person says something about Hannakah (spelling) to me.

Answer 10

not at all, in fact i say merry christmas to other people (friends) as well...and i love celebrating it, receiving and getting people gifts although it's not in my religion.