Should Stores Always Be Inclusive Saying "Happy Holidays" and Never "Merry Christmas"
There seems to be a tendency of stores in the United States using "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" these days. Well, if there are Christmas shoppers going to stores, then what's wrong with using "Merry Christmas?" I have no problem with it but some who don't celebrate Christmas or are wanting to be more inclusive might.
I also have no problem if stores say "Happy Holidays" because there are a lot of holidays around this time and it's a nice greeting too. But it would sound pretty stupid if they call a Christmas Tree a Winter Tree or something like that just since we've been calling them Christmas Trees for so long. Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays and I guess it's weird to me that lots of people don't want to call it Christmas in public anymore because it might offend some people. And then it offends other people when "Happy Holidays" is used instead of Christmas.
Merry Christmas VS Happy Holidays
Can Stores Say or Display the words
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, Merry Christmas is fine with me.
kab says:
Since there is no such thing as politically correct, anyway. Just say what you mean. Merry Christmas!
Posted December 21, 2008
fefe says:
Sure, they can say Merry Christmas because there are lots of people shopping for Christmas gifts, and they can also say Happy Hanukkah or whatever other holiday they want to. But they don't have to be afraid of saying the name of a holiday for fear it might upset people.
Posted December 08, 2008
No, they should use
A Christmas Greeting
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Merry Christmas Links
Merry Christmas!
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Happy Holidays!
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Happy Holidays Links
Happy Holidays!
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Happy Holidays
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Amazon's 12 Days of Holiday
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- _Joan_ _Joan_ Dec 2, 2009 @ 8:45 am
- Great topic for discussion!
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- johnfn johnfn Dec 1, 2009 @ 1:11 pm
- I don't see anything wrong with saying Merry Christmas
