Should 'happy hols' replace 'merry xmas'?  |
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 I recently read in an article that companies in Britain are asking their employees to greet coworkers with 'happy holidays' instead of 'merry christmas'. Even the government seems to be supporting this move. Official festivities and decorations seem to be low.
And the reason stated for all this is that "hindus, muslims, Buddhists and people of other faiths will feel offended by the overtly display of religious symbols and ecorations". Now this is total rubbish and stupidity.
I live in the state of Kerala in India which has a 20% Christian population. Rest are hindus and Muslims. We celebrate christmas with as much enthusiasm as we do Onam which is the local harvest festival. We have had no problems with christmas all these years and will never have either.
If this is the case in a place where Christians are a relative minority then why fear in UK where Christians are the majority? The article I read says the move has support of a powerful group of people. This is dangerous and is nothing but 'pseudo secularism'. An interesting explanation given for employers encouraging the situation is that it makes economic sense to curb festivities, as the same provisions will have to be made for other religion festivals too.
whatever be the reasons and real intentions, this move is dangerous and should be immediately reversed. Else the bad name for this too will fall on innocent muslims and hindus. What do you feel?
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1.  Signal20 (1830) | 3 years ago |  They've been doing that here in the US for the last few years now. But this year, I think a lot of places were starting to rebel, and were saying Merry Christmas again. You know what, if I was Jewish, and someone said Merry Christmas to me, I'd respond with a Happy Hannukkah to them. Who cares? It's the thought that someone's taking to wish you a good holiday, whether it's Christmas, Hannukkah(sp), Kwanzaa, Ramadan, whatever. People need to get over it.
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| Libertarianz121 (33) | 3 years ago |  Your right, but some people do take offence to these things, and I have no idea why. The government tries its best to please everybody, but alot of the time it actually doesnt please most people. Obviously, christmas isnt celebrated by everyone, but most religions have holidays around this time of year, and so people are encouraged to say 'Happy Holidays' instead. It is still saying merry christmas, just in a differant way.
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| WebMann (2765) | 3 years ago |  Now this I agree with.
You say Merry Christmas to me the way you feel within your heart, because this time of year is for giving and giving should come from the heart or it's just an act.
Don't get me wrong, even giving as an act because you know it should be done, is better than not giving.:)
So you say Merry Christmas in your way and I will say it my way and we will pass each other with a smile and a strong feeling of joy in our heart.
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2.  DavidReedy (1671) | 3 years ago | I, depending on my target audience say both "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays". I really don't see what's offensive about Merry Christmas, but I guess I've been a little indoctrinated. It's a day of celebrating peace and goodwill to humanity. Sad, that secularism would deny what has been the only real common denominator of European and American culture for several hundred years. (I realize you're writing this out of India, but the secularist movement is quite strong in the U.S. right now, butting heads with the Christian Rightwing movement, and the average folks aren't doing or saying a dam* thing.) The point is, we should take pride in who we are and in what we believe in, and if we should alter all of our society so that it is not offensive to someone... well, then what's left? | |
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| 3. WebMann (2765) | 3 years ago | Well the world has gone nuts with politically correct crap. The more things that are tagged as politically incorrect that we will soon have no words left in our vocabulary except the word 'but...'
I will say Merry Christmas until the day I die and maybe that will be in prison the way the people keep complaining about their damn religious rights.
People killing people all around our happy little globe and they are worried about saying Merry Christmas.
HOw can you have Happy Holidays if you have to watch out for non-christain idiots crying like little babies.
So how do I feel about it? I think it's all crap and at some point it needs to stop.
The funny thing is that we listen to these idiots. It's these idiots that cry and complain all the time and guess what? They get what they want because we don't like cry babies and we give in to them.
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4.  debbibet28 (102) | 3 years ago | To someone who is Jewish, like myself, it's offensive to have someone say Merry Christmas. Go into a store and tell me where you see the Hanukkah decorations in a store....I bet you would be extremly hard pressed to find any. I feel like we have x-mas shoved down our throats by the commercialization of it and then to have someone say Merry Christmas on top of it all while wearing my Jewish Star around my neck! It's totally insensative! I had to go searching in 4 different stores, as far as an hour away just to find Hanukkah candles, and you are telling me I shouldn't be offended by Merry Christmas! Bah Humbug! Why should someone assume that everyone celebrates Christmas? My poor daughter at school was told to write a letter to Santa Clause, we don't believe in Santa and in the letter she apologized for being Jewish!!!! And you are telling me I shouldn't be offended! The state should support there being no religious affiliation in schools...here is the US there is supposed to be a separation of church and state, but I don't see it. | |
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| zykios (52) | 3 years ago | i can understand your frustration in not seeing your religion and festival being given as much importance as christmas by others. but this is natural when the majority are christians and the local culture is more tuned for it. people here irrespective of their religion join in all the festivities. after all if you leave out the religious angle to it all these festivals are an occasion for us to celebrate. | |
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5.  harsh1985 (572) | 3 years ago | well i will take it as a holiday...i don't blaming on the cristians.. yes i have gave my best wishesh to all my cristians friends..but now people in india are conservative about their religion..but why r u concentrating on this issue better is that you enjoy it happily and free of tension..
holiday is important because here you don't have any botheration of workload..etc..
merry christmas and happy new year!!! | |
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| 6. sunshinecup (5911) | 3 years ago | Christmas is many celebrations to many people. It has NEVER been just about the birth of Christ. Good greif it's during the Winter Soltice, which was celebrated long before x-mas. It's also the pagan sun god's birthday. Jesus wasn't even born during the winter months according to the Bible. Therefore, I don't see why not include another way of saying enjoy this season!
Happy Hol's does seem a bit geeky IMO, though. I can't see me seriously saying it. But if others can, more power to them! | |
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| 7. Sueros (23) | 3 years ago |  I guess this is done where the religion thng is very sensitive..Some ppl are very touchy....Live and let live is all I would say...
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| lulylove (1411) | 3 years ago |  I think that the religion is not more so remembered in the day of the Christmas.
The people alone think about gifts and are forgetting the main reason. the Birth of Christ.
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| red2theend (1) | 3 years ago | I think it depends on which country you're talking about. In Italy a large amount of population is catholic but quite no one who is devoted to any other religion says that Merryt Xmas is offensive... they 're just happy and they enjoy the holidays maybe, but thei don't complain about it... | |
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| 8. amy69cne (54) | 3 years ago |  in my view they will ruin christmas for the rest of us who enjoy it...and I believe that the original way is best...merry christmas has worked so well for us for so many years why should it change now????...it is only because of someone's stupid belief that someone is getting there feelings hurt...WAKE UP!!!!!!...every day there are millions of people getting thier feelings hurt for some reason or other...do they care about that...NO!!!!...I say stop trying to change something that has been around for ever to save a few people's feelings
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| Eborsisk (130) | 3 years ago |  Why would you call someone elses religion a stupid belief? Maybe they think your Christian views are stupid beliefs.
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9.  jewel76 (1709) | 3 years ago |  Why should us Christians have to change our ways?? If they don't celebrate Christmas they could just reply Happy holidays that's all! A person who'd get offended because one is wishing them Merry Christmas is a person who thinks their religion is better than the other ones. We should share our religions, not hide them! Merry Christmas to all!
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10.  bimmer999 (860) | 3 years ago | no..i think it should remain as merry christmas..
happy holidays just sounds so plain..
no go for me..
i hope it stays as merry xmas... | |
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| hashthugin (51) | 3 years ago |  me being a Muslim and hearing the word merry Christmas or if sum one says it to me doesn't offend me. i say it to my friends who are Christians. i think its just the government who are trying to split people apart.
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| Asylum (3400) | 3 years ago |  hashthugin, I agree with you entirely.
The governments come up with these outrageous ideas in the name of political correctness, but they only serve to cause disharmony. It is too easy for Christians to become angry at the suggestion that Muslims or followers of other religions are being disrespectful to our customs, whereas they are not the people to blame for this.
I have no problem with people celebrating Yom Kippur or Ramadan, and my friends who follow other religions have never had a problem with me celebrating Christmas. So I suggest that the government should stop interfering and allow us to live in harmony.
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