What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[susanmcgee48176]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Susan wrote:
> > Debatable that most Christmas traditions were originally pagan?
> > When I grew up in the Catholic Church, it was explained 
specifically 
> > to me that Catholics were trying to suppress pagan religion and 
were 
> > deliberately adopting some of the imagery....
> > 
> > What do you think ISN'T pagan about Christmas? The birth of the 
son 
> > of god? The tree? The Yule log? 
> > 
> > Susan
> >
> Carol responds:
> What's not pagan about Christmas is, for example, the Nativity story
> (though there are pagan analogues) and the Three Wise Men 
(originally
> associated with Epiphany). But, of course, mistletoe and holly, Yule
> logs, Christmas trees, etc., have pagan origins. Which makes me 
wonder
> why pagans don't simply embrace Christmas as a pagan holiday, 
another
> name for Yule, and if not actually wishing others a merry Christmas,
> at least accept the greeting in the spirit of peace, love, and joy 
in
> which it's intended.
> 
> Carol, who always writes "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" in her
> Christmas cards <winks at Alla>
>


Why don't Christians simply embrace Yule as a pagan holiday, and wish 
everyone a blessed Yule? 

Why insist on imposing your religion and your version of the holidays 
on everyone?

Susan