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Getting off tract here but..what causes all this...our fore fathers never had a problem with merry Christmas or God Bless..or any of this....I wished to live in the 1800s some times or 1900s lol but really what would our fore fathers say about all this..and cause all this to change in America...
I think our forefathers would be sorely disappointed at what America has become.. :/
Getting off tract here but..what causes all this...our fore fathers never had a problem with merry Christmas or God Bless..or any of this....I wished to live in the 1800s some times or 1900s lol but really what would our fore fathers say about all this..and cause all this to change in America...
It's certainly a different landscape here to when I was a child. Yeah I'm an atheist but I've always loved Christmas and it's a shame to see it being taken away a bit more and more each year.
I was walking out of a Texas Roadhouse restaurant last year around Christmas time and on the way out, certain employees there said, "Merry Christmas" to me and I said Merry Christmas back to them, but one particular girl got in my face and in a rude tone of voice said, "Happy Holidays" when I said Merry Christmas. She then quickly walked away. I'll stick with MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Up until recent years, I don't recall there being issues with wishing people a Merry Christmas.
I manage a seasonal store and wish people a Merry Christmas and have next to no negative feedback. More often, customers are delighted that I wish them a Merry Christmas.
A few years back, while talking to a man while I was on my way to my store, I asked him if he had had a nice Christmas. He responded politely and with no frustration "I don't celebrate Christmas, I'm Jewish". I proceeded to ask him how his Hanukkah was and we continued on with the conversation. There was no yelling or screaming or being "offended".
My guess is that he was smart enough to realize there was no malice or ill-will intended in my words.
There isn't ill-will suggested when one is wished a Merry Christmas. It's more like saying "Have a Grrrrrreat Day"!
I manage a seasonal store and wish people a Merry Christmas and have next to no negative feedback. More often, customers are delighted that I wish them a Merry Christmas.
A few years back, while talking to a man while I was on my way to my store, I asked him if he had had a nice Christmas. He responded politely and with no frustration "I don't celebrate Christmas, I'm Jewish". I proceeded to ask him how his Hanukkah was and we continued on with the conversation. There was no yelling or screaming or being "offended".
My guess is that he was smart enough to realize there was no malice or ill-will intended in my words.
There isn't ill-will suggested when one is wished a Merry Christmas. It's more like saying "Have a Grrrrrreat Day"!
I always say Merry Christmas. However I don't mind if someone replies with happy holidays to me. I won't boycott a store whose employees say happy holidays. It's a matter of choice. I do think that political correctness has gone way off the deep end and I feel that it's becoming even more so year after year. I don't know where this will ever end. And as for spelling Christmas X MAS, I do not feel it's right to take the Christ out of Christmas.
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I believe that Jesus is, and should be the reason for the season. And it is disheartening to see that there are those that don't like to even say His name- even if it's in the word Christmas. Imagine millions celebrating your birthday, but you are not invited. I try to say Merry Christmas, but I'm not religious about it, sometimes I say Happy Holidays. But yes it bothers me if a store or a person won't say Merry Christmas BECAUSE of their disrespect for Christ. But no I wouldn't boycott them over it, they are not forced to believe or be followers of Christ. But if they did something like burn a nativity scene to express themselves, then I would boycott. But in a place I worked once a catholic priest came in all the time. He seemed upset that I would call him 'sir' instead of "Father'. One day he asked me why, and I told him plainly, "Because you are not my Father- I have one Father and He is in heaven." But how would I feel if he tried to force me to say those words that he wanted me to say? I would feel like I didn't have a right to freewill- which God gave us all. Did he quit coming into my work? No. We need to be tolerant of people because it is peace and love that give hope of someone making the right freewill choice- they will never make it by force.
I sometimes write xmas when I can't fit the whole word. There is nothing wrong with abbreviations. If someone don't know, they will still ask what it means- which would give a christian an opportunity to tell someone about Christ. And if someone does know what it means, I believe they think the same things they would have thought if it were spelled out. I think a christian's influence is greatly going to outweigh the effectiveness of an abbreviated word. Besides, an x or a t is still a cross- which is the symbol of Christ and Christianity. But as with the cross or any other idol, it is nothing, all that matters is the meaning behind it. For example, I can care less if a bible is leather and paper, or electronic text- all that matter is the meaning of the words- not the actual words or what ever it is printed on, or what font, or what abbreviation.
I sometimes write xmas when I can't fit the whole word. There is nothing wrong with abbreviations. If someone don't know, they will still ask what it means- which would give a christian an opportunity to tell someone about Christ. And if someone does know what it means, I believe they think the same things they would have thought if it were spelled out. I think a christian's influence is greatly going to outweigh the effectiveness of an abbreviated word. Besides, an x or a t is still a cross- which is the symbol of Christ and Christianity. But as with the cross or any other idol, it is nothing, all that matters is the meaning behind it. For example, I can care less if a bible is leather and paper, or electronic text- all that matter is the meaning of the words- not the actual words or what ever it is printed on, or what font, or what abbreviation.
I have always said MERRY CHRISTMAS since I was a kid but if some one said happy holidays it wouldn't bother me.I know in whom i believe.
lets be honest a person can be not in truth whether they say MERRY CHRISTMAS or happy holidays but nevertheless the atmosphere in this season is beautiful.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
lets be honest a person can be not in truth whether they say MERRY CHRISTMAS or happy holidays but nevertheless the atmosphere in this season is beautiful.
BTW
MERRY CHRISTMAS
I find it appropriate to wish someone merry christmas if you celebrtate Christmas and you don't know what they celebrate. If you are a company who is not religious-based and have a diverse customer base, it would be appropriate to say happy holidays so you can include people who don't celbate Christmas in your well-wishes. If you celebrate Christmas and you know someone else does not, just say happy holidays and avoid insult. If I know you celebrate Christmas, I will not wish you happy Kwanza or Hanukkah. I will wish you a happy Christmas. But there is no reason to take offence at people who don't celebrate Christmas not saying merry Christmas. Why would they, if that isn't what they celebrate?
