What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[Mary Ann]

Alla:

> That I understand, sure. This rationale of wishing Merry christmas. 
> You want to share your joy with me.
> 
> But would you then wish me joy on my holiday as well?
> 
> I mean I would wish you Merry Christmas, TOTALLY, because it is 
your 
> holiday, you know?
> 
> 
> I guess I was majorly confused since I thought I should greet with 
> the 
> holiday you practice and I always did that and vice versa - you 
> should 
> greet with holiday I do.
> 
> NOT for political correctness, but to show that we know what each 
> other does, celebrates, likes.

Sorry, I should have made it clearer in my first post that, when I've 
been wished Happy Hannukah, etc it's made my day.  Of course I'm 
pleased as anything that people wish to share their holiday joy with 
me.  Heck, invite me in for the food! ;)  I obviously wasn't clear 
but that was the point I was trying to make in regards to religious 
freedom.  My kids' school doesn't deal with Hannukah since, to my 
knowledge, there are no Jewish children in the school (a shame, that; 
I should look into that and nag the right people to change this) but 
the Hindu festival of Diwali is taught since the UK has a large Hindu 
minority.  The children are taught the Christian nativity story as 
well.  Yes, I said "taught".  The Religious Education teacher told me 
that she's never known so many pupils, the majority of whom are of 
British descent, to *not* be familiar with the nativity story.  For 
those who don't know, the UK is the *least* religious country in 
Europe.  The cynic in me finds it very ironic that people in the 
least religious country in Europe are raising a stick about the 
supposed suppression of "their traditional holiday" in order to not 
offend "foreigners".  This is a cock-and-bull story and is not 
happening, but is fanned by certain "news"papers that thrive on 
bashing anything considered to be non-British.  That would include 
me, I guess! :D

I went off on a tangent again, didn't I?  Good thing you're used to 
me, Alla!

Must check on supper before it burns.  I've done that before...

Mary Ann, passing over a plate of decorated cookies