On the bright side, I heard more hearty “Merry Christmases” out in public THIS year than I can recall in recent memory (certainly than in the last couple of years).
It was a welcome change.
It has been 25 years in coming.
It came with the personal realization by people, one by one, that "Hey, I'm not the ONLY one who thinks this way. There are Millions more LIKE ME. We are in the majority! I can say what I want and anybody that has a problem with it, that is their problem."
I think until that point, most Americans were driven neurotic over it and truly conflicted, if not forced into fear which manifested itself in self-censorship.
See my tagline.
It's also a sign on my pickup truck's rear window
On another note,the "holiday" decorations locally are much not in evidence;all the colorful candy canes ,wreaths, and other green decorations once lit with many colorful lights ,have been replaced with boring,chilling, displays of monochrome white lights in a stylized snowflake;one park is lit up with dozens of white light arches more suitable for a wedding or ice festival.Nativity scenes are few,and Santa displays even less! But some have those goofy inflated China-made figures in their yards;those require a blower running constantly less they deflate.
I really miss the Christmas of my childhood even though there was less money.
The drive through a half-dozen communities on my way to work barely hints at some sort of holiday.