Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?

[Leeza]

I say Merry Christmas. I'd say Happy Holiday if December 25th was Holiday Day, but it's not. It's Christmas Day.

[Jebus]

Well, Happy Holidays would be more correct, cause there's more than one of them this month. But I don't celebrate any of them except one.

So I guess Happy New Year would be the correct thing to say. :D

[theundeadhero]

I find it amusing that it's been Merry Christmas forever now, but suddenly people want to change it cause it's the new coolest thing to bitch about.

[Meat Puppet]

I don't give a toss, as long as I'm getting presents.

[Strider]

We can't just spell it all out?

[Samuraid]

Merry Christmas. The obsession with being politically correct all the time drives me nuts.

Yeah. It was originally Merry Christmas, which directly reflects the historical connotations of the holiday.

Happy Holidays is fine to say, but trying to use it exclusively in place of "Merry Christmas" is really a big waste of politically correct time.

[Old Manus]

Something cool (not really)

[Shlup]

I honestly don't care. Well, I'll admit I get a bit miffed at the mention of Kwanzaa. Any other greeting is fine though.

[Primus Inter Pares]

Merry Christmas, but I voted "I just avoid the situation and dont really say anything" because the page was still loading and jumping about xD

Yeah, seriously, I couldn't give the slightest damn about being politically correct anywhere.

[Christmas]

I voted "I just avoid the situation and dont really say anything"

[Mookies]

Usually "Goodbye" or "Go Away".
The only time I say "Merry Christmas" is actually on Christmas Day, and dammit I don't really care if they don't believe in Christmas, it IS Christmas Day on my calender.

And "Happy Holidays" sounds like something on a brochure or newsletter.

[fire_of_avalon]

I say BOTH >

[Lord Xehanort]

Old Manus: That artile claims that 96% of americans celebrate Christmas. How the hell is that possible, when only 78% of Americans are Christian? Why would non-Christians/anti-Christians celebrate such a sickening reminder of the Christian influence that plagues this nation at every turn?

As for the topic, I usually don't say anything except 'have a good break' to my friends at school, and 'what did I get?' on December 25. I hope that one day, I will be able to adopt a child and raise him with ABSOLUTELY NO CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE WHATSOEVER! Just think of it: a child who is a free thinker, and not brainwashed by the idea of a beautiful paradise waiting for him, if he wastes his life believing in an unproven man in the sky.

Amazing.

[Mo-Nercy]

"Let's party"?

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I voted a while back: "Do we really need to argue on this subject?"

Honestly, who cares? It just came into common use; it is like Kleenex instead of tissue paper, in a certain sense. So what you call it Christmas or Holidays? The idea is still there. The most important thing is that it is a season of giving. I do not follow the faith but I still say "Merry Christmas" out of habit. My family celebrates Christmas, and I see no reason why I can't. I may not be celebrating the birth of Christ, but I have the spirit of Christmas, within me. I am happy that I will be with my family.