What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[dumbledore11214]

> Sherry:
> 
> I work in the admissions department at a well known guide dog 
school in the
> US.  For years, and even more years, during the fall, the staff 
would all
> get together and record a Christmas tape, each staff person 
recording a
> personal greeting, and the tapes--actual records once upon a time--
go out to
> every graduate of the organization.  I'm a 32 year graduate of the 
program
> myself, and every December, I would haunt my mail box waiting the 
arrival of
> that tape.  Around ten years ago, they started calling it 
the "Holiday tape"
> and then in the last couple years, it's become the "end of the 
year tape".
> This was my second year on staff, and each year I have defied 
political
> correctness and wished the graduates, happy Holidays, Merry 
Christmas and
> happy New Year.  LOL.  The person who handles preparing the tapes 
now says
> she wants the tape to reflect the staff's personal beliefs and 
thoughts, so
> anyone can say, Merry Christmas, happy Hanukah or any other thing 
they want.
> Or nothing, but hi grads this is so-and-so.  The interesting thing 
is that
> the grads, even those who are not Christian, even nominally enough 
to
> celebrate Christmas, mostly resent the descent in to PC-ism and 
still call
> it "the Christmas tape".  Some of them felt so strongly about it 
that they
> wrote to some of the people in upper management to complain about 
it, and a
> couple of those people were atheists, Jewish or Buddha.  I've 
finally
> trained myself to call it the Holiday tape, officially, but I will 
never
> call it the "end of the year" tape!  LOL.
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Alla:

Okay, now this is bizarre, hilariously bizarre. Political 
correctness at its worst as far as I am concerned. I am sorry Sherry 
dearest.


Oh Oh I love Merry Christmas and Happy New year, totally forgot. 
Heee, totally love to hear that.

Alla