Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (200325)
United States
December 21, 2025 8:29am CST
Although the secular Happy Holidays has largely replaced Merry Christmas as a greeting or something you say to store clerks as a Thank you. I am a traditionalist and will stick with Merry Christmas, some people point out not everyone is Christian, and they shouldn't be forced to hear it, or it doesn't respect their beliefs..however, I just see this as kind of a made up PC thing. Happy Holidays may seem safer, but it hits my ear wrong, and I will stick with Merry Christmas. Yeah, I've said Happy Holidays .but am gonna refuse to say it now. Merry Christmas.
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@snowy22315 (200325)
• United States
8h
I do, because I am a traditionalist and I like to give the holiday it's proper respect and meaning.
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@snowy22315 (200325)
• United States
7h
Happy Holidays is too generic and like you said, it takes the meaning out of a very special time of year.
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@FourWalls (81165)
• United States
4h
I will compromise: "I hope you have a great Christmas season." That way, if they don't celebrate. Christmas, they can still know I'm wishing them well.
Merry Christmas to you!
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@moffittjc (126613)
• Gainesville, Florida
6h
I say Merry Christmas. And it seems like the PC Happy Holidays greeting is slowly fading, at least from what I've seen. Many stores are going back to Merry Christmas, and when I greet people out in public, most often I get a Merry Christmas greeting from them.
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@snowy22315 (200325)
• United States
2h
Merry Yule? I don't believe I have ever heard that one. I guess I have heard "Have a good yuletide season "though.
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@sallypup (67200)
• Centralia, Washington
2h
@snowy22315 Yule is of Celtic pagan origin. Before the Christmas celebration started.
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@LooeyVille (50)
• United States
3h
It's all about Jesus Christ, thus Merry Christmas.
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@snowy22315 (200325)
• United States
2h
I believe in keeping the Christ in Christmas.
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@AmbiePam (108390)
• United States
7h
I understand people celebrate Hanukkah, and a few even celebrate Kwanza, but the majority of people still celebrate Christmas over everything else. I say Merry Christmas unless someone says Happy Holidays to me first, and then I just parrot Happy Holidays back to them.
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@snowy22315 (200325)
• United States
7h
Yeah, I have done that. However, instead of parroting back I am going to say Merry Christmas. Of course people celebrate other holidays and traditions, howver, Christmas is practiced in this culture, even by those sometimes that are not traditonally Christian. They often celebrate both holidays especially if their family has those of both faiths in it.
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@snowy22315 (200325)
• United States
2h
Happy Holidays is cool, and a nice sentiment,but lets not forget the reason for the season.
@Dreamerby (9761)
• Calcutta, India
7h
Ah my year end is kinda bad. My boyfriend ghosted me out of nowhere.
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