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In response to "I don't think they are either. But try telling that to the people who go ape when you wish someone "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". -- nm" by Reagen

Curious: have y'all ever actually been corrected or poorly reacted to for saying "Happy Holidays"? -- nm

Posted by TFox Dec 22 '09, 12:21

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never, it's unimaginable to me. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:29
yes - by a close family member. -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:26 2
- To be fair, you ruined Christmas. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:26 1
  - I guess I do every time I say "Happy Holidays". I made sure to write that in his his Christmas card. :) -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:27
Yes. After 15 years in retail there's very few things I haven't been corrected on by customers. - TWuG Dec 22, 12:25
i get corrected all the time when I say happy holidays. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:24 12
- how is it wrong? i'm seriously asking this question. maybe the person saying it is jewish, muslim, whatever. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:26 10
  - *exactly*. How do they presume to know what religion, etc. *I* practice and whether wishing them a Merry Christmas isn't, you know, against my beliefs - Callisto Dec 22, 12:29 2
    - Living in diverse a place as I do, trying to guess people's religion and then acting based on that is something only a fool would do. -- nm - con_carne Dec 22, 12:32
    - i swear if someone corrected me, i would tell them i'm jewish just to shut them up. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:31
  - Because we are a Christian nation. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:28
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  - imagine if a kwanzaa celebrant yelled at you because you didn't say 'happy kwanzaa!" -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:27 4
    - It seems to me that folks who get bent out of shape over it, miss a vital component of Christain teachings. - TWuG Dec 22, 12:30
    - because kwanzaa is a celebration invented in the 50s by urban liberals. it's not a real holiday at all. ;) -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:29 2
      - like sol invictus? - Roger More Dec 22, 12:31 1
        
        not really. -- (link) - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:32
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I know a *lot* of people who are really militant about the Happy Holidays thing and get all pissy when you don't mention Christmas. - Callisto Dec 22, 12:23 4
- that's insane. my wishing someone a happy holiday is in no-way disrespectful. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:25 2
  - Says you, Jesus Hater. -- nm - David Dec 22, 12:27
  - I know. I think it's a strange button. -- nm - Callisto Dec 22, 12:27
- (My cube neighbor follows the same (or similar) website.) -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:24
never here, but I've said, "Merry Christmas" to people who respond in a negative way -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:23
No, but people don't give a shit up here. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:22 1
- I suspect it is overwhelmingly fictional down here too. I mean, yes, some people have been tricked by the Internet into thinking its a "thing". - TFox Dec 22, 12:23

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