What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[dumbledore11214]

> Alla:
> 
> > ( and please, holy-days? The root of the word does not mean that 
>  > it still has the same meaning as it was originally

Lee Kaiwen: 
> Yes, Holy Days. The people who seem to want to get all bent out of 
shape 
> over "Christmas" because of it's religious roots seem to overlook 
the 
> religious roots of "holiday". One might also argue that Christmas, 
now 
> being largely a secular holiday, no longer bears its original 
meaning, 
> either.

Alla:

This word now means all holidays, does it not? And there is nothing 
religious about a lot of them, so yes I think the word lost its 
meaning now. IMO of course.


Alla:
>  > when this person is my **CLOSE** friend, I find it a bit 
disrespectful
>  > and sort of lazy if she does not remember what holiday is my 
favorite

CJ: 
> How about if this close friend wishes you joy and happiness on 
BOTH 
> Christmas and your favorite holiday?

Alla:

I have no problem with that whatsoever, as I said before my thing is 
that I expect from my close friends to know who I am and what I 
celebrate.

And if I hear Merry Christmas and Happy new year as I told Sherry 
before, I would be totally joyful and happy.

It is no big deal in a sense, really, but in a sense for me it is. 
You have to know me in RL to understand.

I go extra mile really and truly for my friends, I make a point to 
learn about them, because it pleases me to know who the people I 
love are and do things for them and I want them to do the same for 
me.

Wishing me joy on **my** holiday includes it, since New year is 
pretty much the ONLY holiday which I celebrate since I was a very 
little kid. I love season, really and as I said before I put up the 
tree, which for me is new year tree, but Christmas I do not 
celebrate, so to go back to the original question that is why I love 
to hear Happy New year, happy holidays, etc.


And also I am not so self absorbed that I would expect this from 
many people, really. Like I certainly would not expect you to 
remember that I do not celebrate Christmas. When I say you I mean a 
vast majority of  people on this list, because we are strangers to 
each other, we are just fellow list members, etc.


But there are several people on this list whom I came to know and 
love as dearly as I love some of my RL friends. I expect more of 
them because I have more personal relationships with them then just 
friendly posting relationships with other people.

AND I want them to expect the same things and more from me obviously.

Alla.