What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[Carol]

Alla:
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> 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?
>
Carol responds:

Here's one example. In 2005, Wal-Mart ordered its employees to wish
customers, the majority of whom celebrated Christmas, "Happy
Holidays." After customers objected to the tactic as a war on
Christmas, Wal-mart brought back the "Merry Christmas" greeting.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15639425

However, I was wished "Happy Holidays," not "Merry Christmas," at
every store I shopped at this December, including Safeway, JC Penneys,
Borders Books, Toys R Us, and Radio Shack. I don't know how many of
these stores have actual policies on the subject, but the trend is
unmistakeable.

Carol, who will look for more links when she has time but notes that a
search for "war on Christmas" will generate plenty of results on both
sides of the issue