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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  I would rather not use Merry Christmas (myself), so I'll generally use Happy Holidays, if I use anything. I don't mind the Xmas thing, bc I don't think it's intended as an insult, nor does it have an origin solely based in convenience (like Nancy explained). Though I do love convenience  !
The 'holiday' season (as seen here in the U.S....from Tgiving thru New Years) is not a happy (or celebratory, for various reasons) time for everyone. It can be a 'season' of increased sadness, stress, memories, ...what have you. That's not to say everyone should go about thinking "oooo, I wonder if I should not say anything just IN CASE so-and-so doesn't like the holidays". I'm just mentioning it, that's all....bc happy and merry is sometimes the last thing someone might be feeling. |
I also don't mind the abbreviation of "xmas"... it's just a quicker way of typing something out for me. No disrespect to the Christ in Christmas. Like I said in another thread, I am just not that sensitive of a person or take offense to many things.
Just because somebody else is depressed doesn't mean I'm not going to wish them merry. I was super depressed at one point in time, my little 5 year old brother passed away in the summer of 2006, and the LAST thing I wanted to do was celebrate Christmas w/o him. But in the end, all of our family and close friends ended up going to a restaurant with us on Christmas Eve, and we spent the evening reminiscing, remembering his life, laughing, and ended up having a "merry" time during the worst time in our lives. THAT'S what Christmas, or the holiday season, is all about, imo. My step-dad lost his father and his son one year apart from each other, and 10 years prior lost his brother and his best friend. He still wishes people a Merry Christmas and enjoys the holiday's as much as possible. Just because I'M depressed doesn't mean I want the whole world to acknowledge that, or for them to not wish me a merry Christmas. We have so much to be thankful for even in the worst of times and as hard as it can be for people to see that, it's true.