Posted on 12/24/2016 9:02:11 AM PST by Olog-hai
According to a recent survey, Americans prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” by 20 percentage points. The Marist poll was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, who released the findings on Thursday.
Among the 1,005 adults surveyed, nearly six in 10 (57 percent) said they prefer “Merry Christmas,” and fewer than four in 10 (37 percent) preferred “Happy Holidays.”
“The vast majority of Americans celebrate Christmas and prefer ‘Merry Christmas’ to a generic greeting,” said Knights CEO Carl Anderson of the results. “Celebrating Christmas is a reminder that Christ came into the world out of love for us and to teach us to love one another.” …
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
But we can’t hurt the mussies feelings now, can we?
I’m hearing it a lot more this year and in many cases it is bold and sincere.
I don’t care what the majority of Americans prefer.
I’m bombing every one I see with a hearty “Merry Christmas!” in response to “happy holidays” and I’m getting startled hearty “Merry Christmas!” responses as if those responding are at that moment slipping the bonds of political correctness.
Loving it. Merry Christmas!
It’s always been this way, but the vendors and business owners take the easy way out, so as not to ‘offend’ anyone.
They don’t care, the businesses just want to sell their goods and services without any distraction of labels and semantics.
Holiday = Holy = Religious, So How knows?
Yes! It’s all about Christ.....Christ....mas
Happy holidays=bah humbug
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It’s always been this way, but the vendors and business owners take the easy way out, so as not to ‘offend’ anyone.
They don’t care, the businesses just want to sell their goods and services without any distraction of labels and semantics.
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I agree it’s always been this way.
A couple of years ago, I was so annoyed with the Happy Holidays crap that when someone at the mall said Happy Holidays to me. I shouted “F*CK YOU A**HOLE, it’s MERRY CHRISTMAS” Amazingly after I boomed that, a bunch of people but not all said Merry Christmas.
Now, I am much more mellow and just retort Merry Christmas when someone says Happy Holidays.
This year, where we live now, and with Christmas and Chanukah on top of each other, in public I am wishing everyone “merry Christmas and happy Chanukah!” I now am living in the most non orthodox Jewish community in Los Angeles. Saying merry Christmas alone doesn’t do it here. But I get that merry Christmas in!
Before political correctness stuck its thumb into this, everyone said “Merry Christmas” happily, including atheists. For Christians, and especially Catholics, it was the Feast of Christ’s birth. For everyone else, it was Christmas trees, presents, Santa, and his reindeer. And even for atheists it was a happy holiday, with love, forgiveness, and coming together to celebrate.
“Happy holidays”? What does that mean? A couple of extra days off from work?
Wow. You are certainly a Christian Road Warrior. I would never have used that language about Xmas, but people are different. I’m guessing you were much younger back then.
I would have thought about saying such when I was back in college, b/c I had more of a night life and private life back then, where people did express themselves that way.
Where I live now,(neighbor to many new immigrants) that kind of response will be seen as a direct confrontation.
I have no problem with the use of happy holidays to cover the entire holiday time frame to include Christmas and new years. But the term shouldn’t be a replacement for either one independently. If you mean one or the other, say it.
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Personally I will say Merry Christmas, regardless of the majority.
But if one Muslim is offended, the rest of us must submit.
God bless us, everyone..
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