I know it is because of the different holidays but
I love sayin Merry Christmas
2006-11-27 15:14:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Dear friend, I feel this one hits close to home. I know exactly how you feel. This past year at school we were banned from saying merry Christmas. They even stopped putting up the Christmas tree in the lobby because they were afraid they'd offend somebody. To me that's just ridiculous. What that is is people being overly politically correct. Say it how you were raised. If I'm not mistaken isn't it all basically the same thing any way? If you were raised to celebrate Kwanzaa say Happy Kwanza! The message is all the same no matter how you say it. And that is good tidings. I hope I helped, sweetie.
Your friend
~senge~
2006-11-27 15:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Happy Holidays was a phrase that was once used to cover both the holidays of Christmas and one week later, New Year's Eve/ New Year's Day. Later it became the politically correct thing to say when the religion of the person being greeted isn't known. Happy Holidays now covers not only Christmas and New Year's Day, it also covers Kwanzaa and especially Hanukkah, as all of these holidays occur close together and some overlap at the same time each year, which is another reason people use the phrase Happy Holidays.
2006-11-27 15:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by teacupn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can all still say Merry Christmas. I personally think that is a whole lot better than the dull happy holidays. I don't think people actually get offended. We've been celebrating Christmas for ages. So, Merry Christmas!
2006-11-27 16:38:31 · answer #3 · answered by waterbear 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm atheist and don't love Christmas so it really is a tricky one for me. If someone needs me a Merry Christmas than i will in various of circumstances settle for the properly needs at face cost truly than attempting to intuit what's in the back of the declaring. although, I do imagine chuffed vacation journeys is mostly a extra useful determination once you're coping with human beings of unknown non secular heritage. that's quite the case even as Merry Christmas is used to point the season as an finished truly than a particular day. As an aside, i'm in various of circumstances so drained of the Christmas/vacation season that by December 25 i pick to move slowly lower than a log to get far flung from the music, the commercials, and everyone's pretend cheeriness.
2016-11-29 21:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After thanskgiving I started saying Merry Christmas, I think it brings out the holiday more..I get soo excited around this time..= D
Merry Christmas!
2006-11-27 16:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I started saying Merry Christmas over the weekend and will until December 26th when I say Happy New Year
2006-11-27 15:18:03 · answer #6 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
personally I celebrate christmas and yule. I hate the rules about being PC and all, but I find that if you are unsure it is just polite to say happy holidays. I wouldn't want to offend someone by assuming they celebrate the christian holiday or anyother religious holiday if they don't, and believe me some people feel very offended if you say the wrong thing. I think though that being PC all the time makes me feel like I have to walk on egg shells for fear of offending someone.
Merry Christmas to you!
2006-11-27 15:27:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
we as a society have become to caught up in what will upset others ,what happened to the days where you didn't need to think so much about every little thing you said before you said it? I don't get upset at the holidays when others don't say merry christmas ..so leave me alone :) baaa hum bug
2006-11-27 15:41:50 · answer #8 · answered by leanne 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because someone took offense to it...just like the pledge to the flag...prayer in school...you like saying it then by all means do...plant a great big smile and merry christmas away...i work in retail and last year they told us we had to say happy holidays instead...oopsy...i kept saying merry christmas...and no one took away my birthday...lol
2006-11-27 15:23:42 · answer #9 · answered by zsaffireblue2003 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well because christmas day is only one day right then christmas is over but on the other hand christmas hollidays is a longer period of time
2006-11-27 15:51:11 · answer #10 · answered by spicy23 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋