Whats your position on the whole merry christmas/happy holidays controversy?
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There is a Christian holiday called Christmas when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus and then there is an American holiday called Christmas that is about Santa Claus and reindeer and snowmen and getting together with family and friends and having parades. Whether you celebrate the Christian version of Christmas or the American version of Christmas, it is still Christmas to the large majority of Americans.
912798
I think christmas is nothing more than crass commercialism masquerading as holiday bliss!  But it gets me some paid vacation time.  I really don't want to celebrate it but I will give presents to the kids.  However I would not lie to my kids about santa claus.  I think they need to just know the truth from day one.  I want my kids to be able to think intelligently and be able to see past their surroundings.  I believe that this skill needs to start developing as soon as possible.
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Only four! People in your area are leaving it late compared to people round my way, however I know I'm not in real trouble til I start hearing people humming 'Mistletoe and Wine'!\n\nI think that Christmas decorations should be restricted to December - I can understand that people enjoy Christmas and celebrating the time of year with the people they love but there's such a thing as overkill! It should be the positive feelings from Christmas that should last all year, not commercialism and cheap tinsel!\n\nLx
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I like it. Very nice specially the last one\n\nChristmas is such a beautiful day.\nIt's the feeling of giving that makes it that way.\nThe gifts are all open, and the day is now done.\nThe best thing of all is that Santa DID come!\n\nAdd something for snow and Jesus
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You know, i've seen this question many times on  Y! answers and often within the media.  And, to date, i still say the same thing:\n\n1. Saying Happy Holidays is being inclusive of all faiths, and persons.\n2. Saying Happy Holidays does not mean that christmas doesn't exist.  It means that you should have a happy holiday for whatever holiday you celebrate.\n\n3. Christ was not born on Christmas, he was born in March or April (dependant on what calendar you look at).\n4. Putting Christ back in Christmas is perhaps the most idiotic thing i've ever heard.  Not only did this holiday start as a Pagan Festivle, Christ wasn't even close to being born on this day.\n\nIf you have a problem being inclusive, perhaps you shouldn't celebrate the holiday.  The spirit of christmas is to be giving, to work for harmony and peace on that one day, and do our best to have an enjoyable time in an otherwise harrowing time.  Non christians still celebrate christmas.  Many other's celebrate other holidays within that season and day.\n\nI personally celebrate christmas, but moreso the traditional yule celebration.  And, i still say happy holidays to whomever is concerned.\n\nBeing inclusive is very important.  If you want to exclude non christians from the holiday, then you should make it illegal to sell christmas trees, ornimants, wrapping paper, ect to anyone except churches, and churches should pass such items out :)  I doubt, for a single minute, that this type of action will take place; christmas means too much for retailers in our economy :)  So, since it can't be that way, try and be a bit more inclusive eh :)\n\nI twinge, yes, whenever anyone wishes me a merry christmas, and then spouts off christian bias.  It offends me because i'm not a christian.  I don't turn to the same person and tell them about the goddess or the harvest, so what's the point of being so rude like that :)
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I like the colored lights.  I think that  Christmas is the time of year when everyone should have lights and have lots of love and fun and yes I said "CHRISTmas" sorry for those you have gotten offended but as long as I am here I will still believe.  So put up lots of colored lights and add a few white ones with it make sure everyone can see you are in ready from Christmas.
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It is!!! no really !!!  We have not read or heard of that theory, oh ... well for at least a thousand times.\n\nOh please.  Well, you just live and let live.  You don't like it, no one is forcing you to celebrate Christmas.  Please, have a life and let other have enjoy theirs.
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The only person I celebrate is Jesus at Christmas time, and show honor and respect at Easter. More than once I've had people mad at me for not celebrating pagan holidays. Sorry, don't do idols or false gods.
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In America, we celebrate plenty of different holidays. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, Halloween, Independence Day, St. Patricks Day, Easter, New Years (January1st), Labor Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day. Even some from different ethnicity, Tet (Chinese New Years), Cinco de Mayo, Hannukah (Not sure I spelled that right), Kwanza, and plenty more that I can't think of right now.\nI don't specifically have a favourite holiday, but if I had to choose, I'd say Christmas, and I know a lot of people love this holiday too, but I love it because it brings everyone together and puts a great smile onto our faces. Don't get me wrong, I love the presents, decorating, and Christmas shopping, but one of the best parts is, it gets everyone in a good mood, and I like that about people, it let's them forget some of there troubles and let's them just have fun because it's such an important day to us and our families, and let us enjoy our fun traditions. And I really mean it, not trying to be cheesy.
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The war on Christmas.  Just a pre-emptive, self-directed attack on conservatives BY conservatives, to victimize themselves and reinforce their ultra-fundamentalist agenda.....and to deride other cultures by trying to portray THEM as the oppressors, vs. the other way around.\n\nStupid.  It's been "Happy Holidays" to recognize the many occasions between Halloween and Valentines Day, you theo-cons!
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Political Correctness IS A LOAD OF MY A.S.S!!!!!!\n\nI'm sick of this S.H.I.T in OUR own country!!!\n\nWe wouldn't go to Iraq or Iran or turkey etc etc and start to build catholic churches but these cheeky b.a.s.t.a.r.d.s build f.u.c.k.i.n.g mosques everywhere!!!\nARRRGGHHHHHHH!!!!!\n\nI don't get me started about Christmas the way some area's cant have decorations or nativity plays!!!!
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I like Christmas. Not because of the Santa thing, that's all commericalism to get us to spend money on worthless BS. And not because of the Jesus birth thing either, because I don't buy into that mythology. But oh, man, a lot of people do! Which means that I get the most time off for this holiday. Very, very important.
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In Australia we say Merry Christmas, and our religious right is much less prevalent in politics than in the US.  \n\nMost people would roll their eyes if they were greeted with "happy holidays" because it is a bluntly politically correct Americanism.
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I don't much care for holidays, they just remind me that I am a sad widower.\n\nAs to the other stuff, yes the USA was built on the ethnic cleansing of the Native Americans, don't see how anyone could deny that.
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I've had mixed feelings about it.  I used to hate it with a passion because it really is a corporate holiday and at the same time I always hated it because I never had somebody in my life to celebrate it with, as corny as that sounds.  This year for the first time ever I had someone.  We didnt go all out with these extravagant presents or expensive dinner.  We just spent time together and that was enough.
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I use to work at WalMart and let me tell you, that company is the absolute worst!  They have more law suits against them than they know what to do with (the majority of them being current or previous employees)!  I bet you anything that "the big guy" wants everyone to say happy holidays so no fanatic gets offended and tries to sue them...  Personally I feel it's up to who's saying the greeting and what they feel right saying.
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Because not everyone is Christian.  "Happy Holidays" is just a way to wish everyone well whether they celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, or Kwanzaa.  It can also be meant to include New Year's Day along with Christmas.\n\nEven many people who celebrate Christmas do so in an entirely secular fashion, complete with Santa, the reindeer, Frosty, tree, and presents.  Whether the Christians like it or not, Christmas is and has been Christ-optional in our culture for a long time now.