[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[Janette]

On 12/21/07, susanmcgee48176 <Schlobin at aol.com> wrote:
I understand everyone's intent is pleasant, but I personally don't
understand why anyone would want to insist that "everyone" should
celebrate Christmas -- feels a bit ethnocentric to me...

montims:

I agree with this and other posters.  If anyone wishes me Happy Christmas, I
thank them.  But I am not Christian, and I don't know the religion of anyone
I speak to, so I am happy to wish Happy Holidays.

The reason why I included the above, while snipping the rest of Susan's
post, is that it reminds me of the reaction of visiting Brits when being
constantly told to have a nice day in every shop and restaurant.  It used to
irritate me intensely, though now I let it go, but while wellmeaning, it is
aggravating in many ways...


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