I actually read somewhere that more people are offended some wishes "Happy Holidays".
I know this questions has been asked but do you agree with the above statement? Do you think MORE people are offended when others say Merry Christmas or do you think more people are offended when HAPPY HOLIDAYS is wished?
WHICH do you think offends MORE PEOPLE and what do YOU think?
By the way, I am happy with any good wish. I just can't sleep and I do get frustrated with the way things are so P.C......
2006-12-17 18:30:10 · 18 answers · asked by momof3 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
i read on yahoo that survey - only 5% are offended by merry christmas
30some% are offended by happy holidays.
personally i don't mind either greeting :)
2006-12-18 02:42:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jenn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This entire controversy was invented by a couple of radical extremists with radio shows last year.
They thought that everyone, whether they were Christian or not should be forced to say Merry Christmas if they worked with the public.
I'm a retail manager for one of the top 5 chains and our instructions to our employees has always been to offer people whatever holiday greeting YOU find appropriate. So, most of our employees have probably always said Merry Christmas, some have offered a Happy Hanukkah, or a Blessed Solstice, or any of a wide array of other winter holidays.
That is the best thing about living in America, we have a lot of different types of people and we all have freedom to express our differences and we can all learn from each other.
Merry Christmas everyone!
2006-12-18 00:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should not offended by either...just be glad someone is wishing you to have a "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays". People need to stop being so damned concerned with being politically correct and just take the damn well wishing and move on!!!!
2006-12-17 23:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by I heart pineapple soda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i find neither offensive.
the whole thing makes me sick..people being offended by either.
i guess more people are offended when people say happy holidays because christmas is a christian holiday and they wanna keep christ in it. but i dont see anything wrong in wishing someone a happy "holiday". i only say merry christmas on the actual day. or if i'm mailing out christmas cards. i think people are too sensitive and pretty much losing the meaning of christmas. wheather you're a christian or not christmas is about you know showing people you care about them and that can be called "being christian like" or being called a good person.
2006-12-17 18:32:46 · answer #4 · answered by yo 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can't speak for everyone else but, I don't mind hearing either or. I do say happy holidays or merry christmas. It all depends on what the other person says to me. I think some people just say happy holidays because you never know who doesn't celebrate Christmas. i think happy holidays covers pretty much all of them when it comes to this time of year. Ya know, christmas, new years, Chanakah(sp?), kwanza?, and so on.
2006-12-19 13:07:49 · answer #5 · answered by kerrberr95 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither one bothers me but for people of other religions they may be offended, but I still like to wish people Merry Christmas
2006-12-18 01:34:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't care how, or if, people greet each other during the holiday season. I'm an atheist, but I couldn't care less if someone says "Merry Christmas" to me. I'm normally against extremely conservative, old-fashioned values and mores, but---when Christians pass you by in the street and wish you a merry Christmas, they really aren't trying to assault you with their religion. They really arent, and left-wingers who get upset about it really, REALLY need to calm down and pull whatever's up their *** right out of it.
2006-12-18 02:14:36 · answer #7 · answered by Quang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are all up in arms about the "Christ" being taken out of Christmas - so they are more offended by Happy Holidays.
Me, I always have thought they mean the whole of the season - from thanksgiving through new years - what's to be offended by that?
2006-12-17 18:40:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well it is more traditional to say Merry Christmas ,I know in our town here in Ohio people would look at you weird if you said Happy Holidays,because our community is so set into Christmas,at church and the schools and the towns Christmas party also.
Oh yeah Merry Christmas to all.
2006-12-17 18:41:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i am going to continuously say Merry Christmas. ignore being politically properly acceptable; it is u . s . of america and there isn't any such element as being politically properly acceptable LOL!!! So contained in the spirit of u . s . of america and all of it truly is political incorrectness, Merry Christmas to all and to all a sturdy evening. Oh yeah, and that i have one helluva Christmas tree, it truly is as vast because the single off of nationwide Lampoons Christmas holiday.
2016-11-27 01:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋