On the news last year people where boycotting buissenes employes's for stating, Have a Merry Christmas. So they changed it mainly because of belifes that people have. So they changed it to Happy Holidays. Now this year people boycotted again against business employes saying Happy Holidays. Which do you like better, or if you do not like either, and why?
2006-11-10 11:25:50 · 42 answers · asked by mary l 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I think everyone has their on point of view on holiday beliefs. But, what I do not like is when people boycott on what people say. If you do not like someone telling you Merry Christmas Or Happy Holidays, tell him/her you do not belive in that or just do not say it back. This is the United States Of America and we have freedom of speech and I belive that if a pearson want to say Merry ChristMas of Happy Holidays that is their choice. I bet, if we had to vote for this, the boycotter would loose and we would win!!!!!
2006-11-10 11:53:19 · answer #1 · answered by dennis l 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Merry Christmas
2006-11-10 11:27:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I know it's early but I want to say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!" I had wonderful years as a child on Xmas and my parents made it very special and my Dad would sprinkle magic dust(it was gold/silver confetti) all over the living room and the gifts! He spent countless hrs.(I know now) after my brother and I went to bed putting up a old, old train that he built when he was younger and had a timer set for 6am. to start running and that was our clue that Santa had came after we had went to bed and it was time to open the pkgs. I treasure those memories and I have done the same with my 2 kids. My parents were religious, yes but they said later that it had special meanings and the joy and the surprise in our eyes was worth every minute. Many have not had the magic in their eyes as I have experienced but I will fondly remember each and everyone until I die. I will end this to answer your question...for me it is and always will be Merry Christmas, and I respect others' beliefs and however they want to celebrate the holidays is ok by me.
2006-11-10 11:45:54 · answer #3 · answered by constanceray 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's after thanksgiving and the begining of the whole holiday season and people run into each other I like Happy Holidays, but when it's Christmas and people run into each other, it's Merry Christmas.
2006-11-10 11:35:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For all of you who answered "Happy Holidays, it covers everyone" I hate to break it to you, but the origin for the word holiday is actually a Christian orgin. Based on the English words holy and day, holidays originally represented special days of the Christian Church calendar. Therefore, regardless if you say Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday, you are still referring to a Christian Holiday. Also, without Christ's birth, there would be no reason for a "Winter Holiday."
2006-11-10 11:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Merry Christmas if you're christian because of the word christ is in christmas and the holiday is celebrated upon the belief that Christ was born on that day.
Happy Holidays if you're just celebrating the holiday spirit and gift-giving, family time, etc...not exactly celebrating the birth of Christ.
I like Happy Holidays more because it's more general and includes everyone...
2006-11-10 11:53:28 · answer #6 · answered by starlove2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find the whole debate very silly. Some people just want to say something nice, so I take Merry Christmas, or happy holidays, or "have a nice day" pretty much as the same thing.
The most outrageous thing about the whole debate is the word "holiday". That word is the combination of "holy" and "day" so in fact when you say Merry Christmas or happy holidays you are saying almost the same thing.
2006-11-10 11:31:35 · answer #7 · answered by Just Wondering 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Happy Holidays is nice because it also refers to the New Year and can be used fashionably from Thanksgiving to New Year's day. After that, it's a long haul until any kind of real holiday occurs. Some feel that Happy Holidays shouldn't be used until a few weeks before Christmas, but It really doesn't sound odd after Thanksgiving because the Christmas shopping season is now in full swing and many stores are decorated to reflect that festive time.
2006-11-10 11:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by captainmcsorley 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Merry Christmas! The reason we have a holiday is to celebrate the birth of baby Jesus. The holiday is Christmas, as in Christ's Mass. If people have a problem with that then that's their problem. They can go and live in Israel or Pakistan or wherever they deem they come from...if they don't like it, give them a bucket of sand and tell them to stick their head in it.
2006-11-10 11:38:43 · answer #9 · answered by slıɐuǝoʇ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question! At holiday time, I say both quite frequently but I would never, ever stop saying Merry Christmas to be politically/religiously or non-religiously correct. If I were a store owner, I would have the word Christmas abound in my store, and I would have the words Quansa and Channukah at my store also. Back to Christmas, it celebrates Christ's birth and there is no way to sugar coat it. If you want to wish someone a Happy Channukah, do it; if you want to wish someone a Merry Christmas, say it. All holidays are recognized during the winter but the one in December is about the birth of Jesus. So...say it, I say!!! We are getting over-careful and cautious in society.
2006-11-10 11:31:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋