I will continue to say "Merry Christmas!"
 

I had originally posted this on WT..however there are not alot of members on the forum yet...thought I would post it here...This irritated me last year and now the season is coming up again...FAST! I'm not posting this to start harsh words...this is MY OPINION and how I feel.......I believe it is MY RIGHT to say "Merry Christmas"! I am 49 yrs old and have said this my entire life. This is america! the land of free speach! Last Christmas after I paid for my gifts I said "Merry Christmas" The woman at the counter looked at me and said "Happy Holidays" I looked back at her and said NO! "Merry Christmas"! I REFUSE to take Christ out of Christmas....THIS IS MY RIGHT! and no one is going to take it from me..we have had different beliefs from different religions for YEARS! why change things now! If you don't believe in Christmas just smile and walk away...say nothing! but don't take MY right away....And if I want to pray in public, school, say the pledge of allegiance I am going to do it!! These are things I have done my entire life....and I am NOT going to stop now...

just want to know how you all feel about this one!

:thumbup: Thank you! I am in total agreement with you. I'm so glad to hear people speak up about it.

Amen!!!!!

Me too - I could care less about being pc ...I say Merry Christmas and always will - no one can take that away from us is right & for those who don't like it -be GLAD SOMEONE IS SAYING IT TO YOU -

these days the things that meant so much to us as kids is slowely fading into controversary & it's getting so people don't know WHAT to say - so they just don't say anything -

Half the fun of the holidays is all the people that actually speak to you that normally wouldn't ...they bring out the best in people (as well as the worst) so really what is the big deal about 2 words ?? When something is said in sincerity and with well meaning ....people need to get over the actual word and just celebrate what it MEANS in their hearts.

You RING ON Girl ! Merry Christmas back at ya !

:thumbup: I'm 63 and feel the same way!!! If everyone stood up and spoke out, I really don't feel we would be going through this!! Having said that .... let me be a bit early and wish you all ......

Merry Christmas!!!

"DOUBLE AND TRIPLE" ------ AMEN!!!!!:thumbup: :thumbup:

I couldn't agree with you more. I'll still say Merry Christmas. People these days are just rediculous and way too sesitive. In this country, we have the freedoms of speech and religion, which gives us EVERY right to wish someone Merry Christmas. If someone wished me "Happy Hanuka" (sp) I wouldn't get offended, I would thank them because that would mean that they care about me enough to wish me a happy whatever-I-celebrate - even if it's not the same holiday I believe in.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

COLOR]PHEEEEWWW! Didn't know what I was in for when I posted this one! lol

This is an instance that happened last year:

A little boy donated some money to a man collecting for the Salvation Army. After the little boy dropped the money in the bucket the man gave him a lollipop and said Merry Christmas...there was a woman standing by and heard this...she went up to the man (with the little boy still standing there) and told him that she was very insulted by what he had said...the man had a couple of, not very nice, words to say her and she left in a huff!

I am so tired of "potically correct"!!!! Ever since I could talk it was always Merry Christmas and I am NOT going to change now! I used to have my own business....I am a nail tech....I would have little gifts for my customers....one of my customers was a Jehovahs Witness....she very politely told me that she couldn't accept the gift and I was fine with that...I am not about to push my beliefs on ANYONE! So,....they shouldn't be pushed on me....SOOOOOOO...

[COLOR="[COLOR="red" MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

Its not Christmas without Merry Christmas. I agree and will never say Happy Holidays that is so bogus

I read today about a state college student government that outlawed the saying of the Pledge of Allegiance at meetings -- one young lady defiantly said the Pledge aloud in violation of their new rule. Hooray for her and hooray for everyone that stands up for the rights of the majority as well as the minority. Mutual respect beats giving up our indiviual rights any time. So, early Happy Thanksgiving and an even earlier Merry Christmas to all from one who lives in one nation under God!

i did see something on the bottom of the cnn scroll bar the other night about walmart is now telling it's employees it's ok to say merry christmas>> well i don't know about anyone else but i can't see a place that only wants to let people work part time to keep them from getting benefits and making us wait forever in lines to cutt back hours knowing they pay min. wage or a little over if i can say merry christmas or not if i worked at one! i think it's foolish if someone would get offended by someone saying merry christmas & or happy holidays it's not like your hexing people or telling them to drop dead..it's just trying to share a little cheer! i personally like merry christmas myself taht's what i'm use to
but i guess happy holidays is supposed to be a generic cover for any & all people .that just seems so impersonal and well generic!

as for a woman making a scene with a salvation army guy doesn't she have better things to do than show a child what a fool people can be! how rude she should've been smacked on site!!

My neice is a junior in high school...if they WANT they can stand and say the pledge of alligance...she does!! I told her I am so proud of her....and being a junior in HS you would think she would go with the rest of the crowd....She is SO like her Auntie!! (that's me!)

I agree!! I am so sick of "politically correct." Honestly, SO many other laws are influenced by religion (that's a whole nother topic in itself), so why would saying "Merry Christmas" be so bad?

It's MERRY CHRISTMAS for me too. I have dear Jewish friends who LOVE LOVE LOVE CHRISTMAS. Although they do not celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday they do greet me with a cheerful MERRY CHRISTMAS when we deliver our annual Christmas Cheer to our neighbors. And I greet them with a HAPPY HANUKKAH

It works for us :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

I will use Happy Holidays if it is at the beginning of the holiday season (before Thanksgiving) if I am not going to be seeing the person until after the holidays...and if I know someone that is a religion that doesn't celebrate Christmas (as I do) then I will say Happy Holidays...Several years ago I worked in a department store...it was Christmas time....a little boy and his Mom came through my register,.....I asked him..."Who's coming soon?" the little boy looked at me like I had 3 heads!! that's when the Mom told me that they don't celebrate Christmas...I apologized and she said there was no reason to apologize...there was no yelling, screaming or making a scene..and that was the end of it....

I for one am a BIG Merry Christmas fan. Oh and if you didn't know it's only 43 days away!:D :D For me, it's "Merry Christmas" And the week after it's "Happy New Year" But sometimes I also say "Happy Holidays" from Nov 20th - Dec 1st that way I get them all in when I'm out shopping;) But come December, it's Merry Christmas, and A Very Happy New Year!

:hearts-xx :hearts-xx :hearts-xx

Think Big Christmas Tree Here!:thumbup:

:confused: why we have this :jacko: and no tree, hmmmmmm gonna have to work on that one!:D

Merry Christmas!
 

All I have to say is Merry Christmas!! I will never leave Christ out of it - politically correct or not - He was born and died for me and for you and you and you - I will always remember the "reason for the season" and although I dont intentionally want to offend anyone, neither will I allow anyone to tell me its wrong to think of Christ when I think of Christmas. So again I say ......... Merry Christmas! :aimeeyork :animal-pa

Me too!

I am in total agreement with you .

AMEN !!! I agree 100% !!!

I'm a Christian and I also say Merry Christmas. What I don't like is how Christmas is abbreviated as X-Mas.

I'm afraid I'm going to "stir the hornet's nest" but I have to share my views of the original post.

This is America, and yes we have the privilege of Free Speech, so I feel it is wrong to correct other people who chooses to say Happy Holiday's, Happy Hannauka or Happy Quanza. That's their choice and I have no right to correct them.

Good Cheer, is just one person giving warm fuzzies to another. There is no reason to let one little word turn a good moment into a confontational one. Jesus wants us to LOVE our Brothers and Sisters regardless of our differences.

Merry Christmas to each of you!
May God Bless you, your family and friends.

Merry Christmas
 

We celebrate this tradition here. * Merry Christmas to to all and all good will"
we always will.
We also celebrate thanksgiving and we always will.

I get the warm fuzzies when someone wishes me Merry Christmas...We all have are own beliefs and that is fine...I never ever gave it a thought when someone said Happy Holidays to me until they started with this "politically correct" thing..and TELLING store employees they couldn't say Merry Christmas...this is their right too...I could get into alot more here but I love this site and "I" don't want to stir the hornets nest" I have never thought anything bad of anyones religion or beliefs....so they shouldn't think bad of mine...or anyone elses...

Maybe I miss understood... Was the store clerk correcting you? If she was, then that is offensive. I thought they were just saying Happy Holidays back to you.

Every year I write a poem for Christmas. This was miy Christmas poem from last year.


Christmas 2005

I just heard the man on the radio say
Should store signs say Christmas or just Holiday
I thought about what a dumb question that was
It only makes sense to say Christmas because

The birthday of Christ is the only good reason
We’d celebrate during the cold winter season.
Why we’d bundle up from our head to our toes
Then head out to shop with a cold in our nose.

If we were just planning a gift giving day
Why would we not make it the middle of May
When weather is nice and it’s sunny and warm
And we would not fret over cold snowy storms

The icy slick streets that we traverse to shop
The snow and the slush in the mall parking lot
The crowds at Walmart and the standing in line
Behind worn out parents with children that whine.

The passing of time, has caused some to lose sight
Of the great miracle on the long ago night
Let Christmas be time that we worship the Lord
Not time to give more gifts than one can afford

The true Christmas spirit, believers will say,
Is just not the same on this gift giving day.
What once was a time for love, peace and good will,
Became time to run up our credit card bill.

The meaning of Christmas, for some, has been lost
When giving a gift becomes all about cost.
The best gifts are still those that come from the heart
Those gifts can’t be found in a store shopping cart

If you want a holiday all about giving
I won’t try to force on you my way living.
But I’d like the spirit of Christmas restored
So in my house we shall all worship the Lord

I was being corrected!

I'm Sorry
 

I apologize for my post. I hope you can forgive me for upsetting you and anyone else who was upset with me.

:embarasse

No need to apologize...I wasn't upset by anything and I dont' think anyone is upset with you either :)

Thank you!

We celebrated Christmas and Thanskgiving here.
And we give no apologies for it either.
If anyone needs one. They need to go home to get it.
Why should we apologize for our culture?