What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
 
> above), there are also problem with Buddhist and Hindu governments 

IIRC, it's non-governmental Hindu nationalists who burn Christians
alive in their cars (and burn Muslims alive in their homes); the
government officials elected by the Hindu nationalists 'merely' refuse
to prosecute the murderers.
 
> Hence, I like to feel that we can "own" our festivals without folk 
> who are outside Christianity apparently trying to dilute our belief

It seems to me that there is a contradiction between religionists
owning their religion's festival and sharing it with 96% of the
population. People who don't believe in Christianity or don't care
about Christiantity but none the less wish everyone 'Happy Christmas'
and put up decorations of creches and candles and give presents and
attend Christmas Eve midnight mass either enjoy it for non-religious
reasons or resent being forced to participate in it. It seems to me
that both enjoying it for non-religious reasons and resenting it
dilute your religious holiday. I don't understand why a Supreme Court
ruling that a creche is just as secular a seasonal decoration as a
plastic snowman is considered to be keeping Christmas religious.