When greeting someone you know or don't know at work, home, or play at Christmas time do you say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or something else?

I always say Merry Christmas no matter where i'm at and for the most part it brings a smile to most people faces.

Merr Christmas all.

I'm not Christian, but we're a Christian society built on Christian/Judeo culture, so out of respect to tradition, I say Merry Christmas.
And in defiance to the left in their efforts to destroy our heritage, I yell Merry Christmas so others know being PC is bull shit!

Merry Christmas it was and remains (with Chanukkah close by, reminding us of our roots).

When I greet someone with Merry Christmasit is an offer of good wishes from someone who is a Christian. If someone chooses to reject my goodwill offer that is their problem in my view.

I usually tell people to enjoy the holiday. The reason being is this is a generic expression I can use for every holiday. "What kind of madness is this?", you may ask. Well let me explain my reasoning, friends. The benefits to wishing someone a happy holiday is two-fold. Not only is it efficient and works for every holiday in existence, if you so happen to forget what holiday it is - be it Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fourth of July, or Armed Forces Day - "Happy Holidays" works for all. Nobody wants to mistakingly wish someone a happy Fourth of July on new years day. Instead wish them a happy holiday!

Happy holidays and merry xmas!

Quote from: JTA on December 15, 2013, 08:14:53 AM
I usually tell people to enjoy the holiday. The reason being is this is a generic expression I can use for every holiday. "What kind of madness is this?", you may ask. Well let me explain my reasoning, friends. The benefits to wishing someone a happy holiday is two-fold. Not only is it efficient and works for every holiday in existence, if you so happen to forget what holiday it is - be it Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fourth of July, or Armed Forces Day - "Happy Holidays" works for all. Nobody wants to mistakingly wish someone a happy Fourth of July on new years day. Instead wish them a happy holiday!

Happy holidays and merry xmas!

And I was thinking I was old    have a Merry Christmas and a very nice New Year. 

Quote from: JTA on December 15, 2013, 08:14:53 AM
xmas!

Bah and humbug. There is no X in Christmas.

You're kidding...right?  MERRY CHRISTMAS

Quote from: JTA on December 15, 2013, 08:14:53 AM
I usually tell people to enjoy the holiday. The reason being is this is a generic expression I can use for every holiday. "What kind of madness is this?", you may ask. Well let me explain my reasoning, friends. The benefits to wishing someone a happy holiday is two-fold. Not only is it efficient and works for every holiday in existence, if you so happen to forget what holiday it is - be it Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fourth of July, or Armed Forces Day - "Happy Holidays" works for all. Nobody wants to mistakingly wish someone a happy Fourth of July on new years day. Instead wish them a happy holiday!

Happy holidays and merry xmas!

Justify it all you want but the "xmas" at the end of your post suggests you are simply a victim of the pc police through and through.

Quote from: Dr. Meh on December 15, 2013, 09:36:22 AM
Justify it all you want but the "xmas" at the end of your post suggests you are simply a victim of the pc police through and through.

Actually it goes back a bit further.
X (symbol for Christ, from the Greek letter chi (X), initial of Christos Christ) + -mas (in Christmas). First Known Use: 1551.

Didn't read the link, but there are many to choose from.
http://www.cresourcei.org/symbols/xmasorigin.html

Quote from: Solar on December 15, 2013, 09:48:11 AM
Actually it goes back a bit further.
X (symbol for Christ, from the Greek letter chi (X), initial of Christos Christ) + -mas (in Christmas). First Known Use: 1551.

Didn't read the link, but there are many to choose from.
http://www.cresourcei.org/symbols/xmasorigin.html

They got to you too, huh? This is how the left justifies the use of x when the real motive is quite apparent. There's a reason the "symbol" wasn't used for hundreds of years only to find it's way more mainstream during the left's 1960's.

"Happy birthday to our Lord Jesus Christ, shop 'til you drop, eat 'til you puke, and if you're a psychiatrist, congratulations on your burgeoning client list in January."

Or if I'm pressed for time, I just say "Merry Christmas."

Know what really bothers me about happy holidays this year? The only real holiday going on right now is Christmas. Chanukkah is over. In previous years, I can see using happy holidays just in case someone is Jewish. But this year? Come on. We know what holiday we're talking about.

What I find more annoying than the greeting is ads and stuff that call Christmas lights holiday lights or Christmas trees holiday trees. THAT is pc gone way too far. Stores that do that lose my business.

It always was, is now, and always shall be ... Christmas.

Merry Christmas one and all.


 

Houston has had a parade called the "Thanksgiving Day Parade" since the 1940's.  About 20 years ago, it was changed to the "Holiday Parade".  Thanksgiving is not religious so that always baffled me as to the reason for the change.  This year the people that put on the parade were out of money.  Someone else sponsored it and we now have a "Thanksgiving Day Parade" again.  I still wonder why they called it a "Holiday Parade" for so long.