What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

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Tonks:
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I would imagine it might be
somewhat like what must have happened in the Russian countries where
Alla grew up, years before she was born. It is the way to change a
culture into one with no religion, and it is done one piece at a
time, little by little and be sure you get to the children first.
This is why Christians are so upset about it. We can see where this
is leading.
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Alla:

Unless you are suggesting that in the US people who practice any 
religion that does not support communist authorities are being sent 
to jail, trust me that is not what happening here and I cannot see 
this ever happening here.

I keep asking this question and I did not see the answer yet, so 
maybe you could answer. Where, oh where is this war on Christmas 
happening in the USA? Any links of schools being frightened and not 
putting Christmas trees? People afraid to say Merry Christmas and 
staff like that?

Because really I have not noticed any of my colleagues at work for 
example to not wish merry christmas to the people in the office. 
Neither did I notice as I mentioned upthread that super of my 
building and many others afraid of putting Merry christmas in the 
hall. Neither did I notice the lack of nativity scenes on the 
people's lawns in Brooklyn. In fact, come to think of it I saw at 
least somewhere around 30 of them, counting roughly in a rather 
small neighborhood yesterday. 

Or is it some people just being kind to people around them and make 
a rather bold assumption that not everybody around them is Christian 
and they figure they'd greet them with something else other than 
Merry christmas?

Russian orthodox church by the way was allowed to thrive  AS LONG AS 
they supported official regime - that was the key.

No, they were not allowed to be official ideology of the Soviet 
Russia - that was communism, which also worked as some sort of 
religious substitute from my point of view. People were told to 
believe in happy and joyous future as long as they are trying to 
build communist paradise.
Many branches of christianity that REFUSED to support official 
regime were pretty much forbidden, just as judaism was forced to 
stay very low key.

Famous expression was that religion is opium for masses, LOL. But 
again russian orthodox supported the authorities and were just fine 
and dandy as far as I know.



Alla