2006-12-20 19:10:23 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
No I get offended when they DON'T. It's Christ's birth that we're celebrating, not some non christian holiday.
2006-12-20 20:10:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's not the words that matter but the attitude behind them. If someone says Merry Christmas and means well by it, I take it as a nice greeting and wish the person a Merry Christmas back. However, some people have started saying it to be rude to non-Christians on purpose. Those people make Merry Christmas sound like "I don't give a damn what you celebrate because your religion is false and mine is right, so IN YOUR FACE!". When someone obviously doesn't mean it as a nice greeting I take it for what it is... rudeness. It doesn't offend me though, it just shows the pitiful ego of the person behaving like this.
Fortunately most people still mean it as a nice greeting.
2006-12-20 21:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by undir 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Happy Christmas and Merry Holidays to y'all
2006-12-20 20:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by Joe Schuler 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, but I think it's silly that people say "happy" before all the other holidays but "merry" before Christmas. I'd be more impressed if someone said "Happy Christmas."
2006-12-20 19:17:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, why would I be? Merry Christmas to you! or Happy Holidays just in case you are offended by it ;-) Have a good one!
2006-12-20 19:14:20 · answer #5 · answered by Este 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No I personally would rather hear Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays,I like hearing CHRIST in Christmas myself,but that is me
2006-12-21 04:54:57 · answer #6 · answered by grbarnaba 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
deffinately not! It's Christmas time, i'd rather hear people say Merry Christmas than Happy Holidays anyway. Plus Christmas is celebrating the birth of Christ, hence the term CHRISTmas. So MERRY CHRISTMAS! ;)
2006-12-21 04:42:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many different faiths have some form of celebration at this time of year and by saying a greeting other than Merry Christmas is just a way to greet others without offending in this enlighten and understanding age.
2006-12-20 21:48:45 · answer #8 · answered by dragon 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I deliver a newspaper around town and 9/10 times I hear Merry Christmas. Doesn't hurt me at all.
2006-12-21 04:10:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutey not!
What hurts is being afraid you will offend someone by saying Merry Christmas. Far to many people have taken Christ out of Christmas.
2006-12-20 22:16:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
2006-12-20 19:28:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋