You should continue to say 'Merry Christmas' or should you say 'Happy Holidays'?

Answer 1

Since you don't know the religious beliefs of a person it is nice to say Happy Holidays. For a person who isn't a Christian the Merry Christmas greeting gets a bit wearing after weeks and weeks of all the songs, decorations, and greetings. If you know what religion the person is then say Merry Christmas, but if you don't Happy Holidays is a polite respectful way to do the same thing.

This is entirely up to the individual. However the ridiculous search for political correctness and the lowest common denominator way of thought that the politicians are encouraging in us is definitely not in the spirit of free thought and philosophical reasoning. After all Christmas is not Ramadan and the Muslims are not going to water down their basic belief by referring to it as Ramadan, and neither should they. I am not a formal christian but I do understand that Christmas is Christmas and feel that that is what want to call it. South park hit the philosophy of this whole argument on the head by converting Santa into a turd. the Christmas Poo, not offensive to any one. If one is offended by the culture of a country then one should seek out a culture whwere one can find the hapiness and peace that they want. dont expect your hosts to start tipytoeing around you.