Come on. It's CHRISTMAS time. Oh no! I said it! Well, the other day I was watching QVC and they don't say "Merry Christmas" to you unless you say it to them first. They say, "Happy Holidays!". Well, no offense to my Jewish peeps or the Kwanza celebrators, because those are great holidays as well, but I want to know why can't we just say Merry Christmas? And people should just ask, "So what are you celebrating this year?" And if they answer something, wish them a happy....blah blah blah. And like on Nickelodean the other day, they said "Happy (insert holiday choice here). Well, how are we supposed to say "Happy Merry Christmas?" Yeah, that came from a genious. SO anyways, why must we be SO unbelieveably politally correct? Christmas only last 2 days if you include Christmas eve! GEEZ! That's like saying, "Happy Holidays" Valentine's day because of the Chinese New Year. It's one day, so let's not be politically correct.
2006-12-23 01:56:56 · 17 answers · asked by Charlie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
This is a very interesting question Charlie. As a matter of fact, I have to agree with you and I think that many people are politically correct when it comes to the holidays, but there are also people (as seen above) who don't care. Since Christmas is really only 1 day, yet sometimes 2 if you count Christmas Eve, I really don't see the need to say Happy Holidays UNLESS you will not be seeing that person later in the season. For example, If I saw you at Wal-Mart and we never see eachother, at the end of our conversation I would say Happy Holidays because I am also saying Happy New Year in that. But if I was celebrating the holidays with you, I would say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. So I think that it depends on who you are saying it to and when you are saying it. Since I do know you lil Charlie, I will wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Oh and one more thing to add. I think that your comparison between Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day was a good point, because they are both in February. We are NOT politically correct people, we just wanted to ask a lil question, so don't make a big deal out of nothing, and this goes to EVERYONE reading and answering this question. See you Charlie!
2006-12-23 02:52:30 · answer #1 · answered by Lori 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, it depends on who I'm saying it to. If I don't know what the person celebrates, I'm not going to tell them Merry Christmas, I'm going to use Happy Holidays.
From a commercial point of view, it's usually easiest on the company's pocketbook to include everyone, hence the use of Happy Holidays. The only place I've seen Merry Christmas used a lot was at Wal-Mart, but they are a little more politically to the right that other large stores.
Happy Holidays also includes New Years too, so it's a nice tie-in there.
2006-12-23 02:02:29 · answer #2 · answered by paulooly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Businesses that serve a wide audience (stores, TV stations) should only say Happy Holidays to attempt to include all they can in one greeting. Not all people are Christian nor celebrate the religious aspect of the day.
To insist others only say Merry Christmas is quite egotistical. There's many more holidays right now than one. Why leave some out when there's a suitable alternate greeting??? That's as mean as you can get.
2006-12-23 02:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People have every right to say 'Merry Christmas'. Do what they want. But the irony is that the mindset of many is they want stores, cities, etc. to support their celebration at the expense of others. While those who focus on exclusion will see these efforts towards inclusion as their rights being violated and as acts of 'political correctness', others will see the efforts as being representative of what christmas really means: inclusion and non-separation. Again, everyone has the right to say 'Merry Christmas' or whatever they want. But the mindset of many os that they want stores and other institutions to adopt THEIR perspective and subtly endorse their specific celebration.
2006-12-23 02:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know, its funny....in trying to create different rights for everyone they actually end up robbing the majority of thiers...especially if they are exploited. People need to get over it seriously.
I don't intend to offend someone by saying merry christmas...i intend to extend a nice gesture...besides what does christmas have to do with christ to the majority of people these days anyway? Only christians observe christmas in view of christ. Other observe christmas in view of just celebrating being together and being thankful....saying merry christmas to someone is the same as offering a good bye or a hello. Its a polite and harmless gesture.
Political correction in the end, is in itself politically incorrect
2006-12-23 01:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Say Merry Christmas if you want to. Or Happy Holidays or Season's Greetings or whatever. No one can (or is even trying to) prevent you from saying Merry Christmas, so relax and say want you want.
Happy Holidays!
2006-12-23 02:04:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well in europe they say "Happy Christmas" so tthat would be politically correct, it's not Merry Christmas but it gets the same point across and it doesn't disclude Christ, it's so wrong that people arn't allowed to say Merry christmas, so ya know what i thinkj? SCREW THEM I don't give a crap ehat they think I'll say Merry christmas to any Jew or Kwanza celebrator and think nothing of it, or as I was just reading, "ask em what they're celebrating and tehn wish em a happy or merry that" I'm totally anrchy when it comes to this, so I'll say whatever I want when i want to who i want
2006-12-23 02:02:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The choice to not be politically correct is in individual one. So if you reject it, don't worry about what everyone else does too much. Stick to what you believe and if you're right and have integrity, others will follow. Complaining will get you nowhere. Merry Christmas! Hooray for Capitalism!
2006-12-23 02:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by Chuglon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me, there are very real reasons to take the much of the Christian view out of the American mindset. Examples: 1.) The government spends millions on "Abstainence Only" education for our teens, which has been proven hands down to be highly ineffective, because its the Christian thing to do. Meanwhile, our kids aren't listening and don't know how to protect themselves from pregnancy and STDs because we never taught them that.
2) As much as the right wing talks about getting rid of illegal immigrants, there is one right now who has been ordered deported and they won't touch her because she's in a church. Not that she is really so bad, but what kind of precedent does that set.
3) The Catholic church has been absolutely rampant with sexual abuse of children and it is appalling how many of the priests who MOLESTED CHILDREN just get transferred. Seriously, where the hell is the jail time for these men? Where is the outrage from the people? The demand that the justice system take action? Its lost in the Christian mindset.
4) Bush got elected. And even when we saw that his administration flat out lied about why we went to war, WE ELECTED HIM AGAIN because we as a country put our religion ahead of our politics and while we get deeper in a disastrous war and we are killing our planet, we are too busy talking about gay marriage and "values" to govern our counrty sensibly.
Yes the "Christian" mindset needs to go. Soon. I have no problem with any person being Christian, but I (and the men that founded this country) do have a problem with my country, my government being Christian, and it needs to stop and there are places it needs to be fought.
That being said, I think the whole "Merry Christmas" thing is the last thing we need to worry about. No one cares about being told Happy Halloween, and if we were gonna be politically correct, out of respect for the Native Americans, we'd sure as hell stop talking about Thanksgiving. But we don't. We really as a people don't care. We really have better things to do. Like arresting the CHILD MOLESTING clergymen.
2006-12-23 02:40:53 · answer #9 · answered by Chris D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Geez, The War on Christmas is really getting annoying.
You know, why don't you get into the spirit of the season have some fun, and stop shilling for idiots like Bill O'reilly and John Gibson.
2006-12-23 02:00:34 · answer #10 · answered by The Twist 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋