"Time to start your Christmas shopping, and in every instance wish the clerk MERRY CHRISTMAS. Time to reclaim your right to do so.
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When did you not have that right? I don't remember ever hearing of any customer being in trouble for wishing a store employee a Merry Christmas.
The only trouble I can see is if you insist that the clerk wish YOU a Merry Christmas. That's going too far. But please feel free to wish me, an atheist, a Merry Christmas. I'll respond with my usual Happy Holiday!
Exactly.
I never stopped saying Merry Christmas.
I never will.
I also send out Christmas Cards depicting the nativity of the Holy Family. I don't care who the recipient is.
Peace and Merry Christmas to all...
I don't know why anyone would feel moved to wish a non Christian a merry Christmas. How about, "have an nice day".
***When did you not have that right?***
When our public schools turned the holiday into a Winter Holiday instead of a Christmas Holiday. My point is to keep saying Merry Christmas because it IS a Christian holiday. And your polite reply of Happy Holiday is fine.