Merry Christmas! vs. Happy Holidays! (countries, business, Americans, legal)

[lilypad]

Interesting history about Constantine, Roman Emperor, and his legitimizing Christianity, evidently came to the religion through his mother:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan...d_Christianity

[annika08]

Originally Posted by JTraik

Christmas is almost upon us... what sort of seasonal greeting/farewell do you use? "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" ?

I personally make an effort to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to people.

I've always said "Merry Christmas" because, well, it's Christmas after all...but a few years back while working at a pizza place, I made the mistake of saying 'Merry Christmas" to a Muslim male, who got highly offended, jabbed his finger in my chest, threatened to sue me, called my manager and complained, and had me fired. Now, I'm very cautious who I use that term with-I typically tell people to 'have a nice holiday'-gotta be PC and not p*** anyone off!!!

[lilypad]

Originally Posted by annika08

I've always said "Merry Christmas" because, well, it's Christmas after all...but a few years back while working at a pizza place, I made the mistake of saying 'Merry Christmas" to a Muslim male, who got highly offended, jabbed his finger in my chest, threatened to sue me, called my manager and complained, and had me fired. Now, I'm very cautious who I use that term with-I typically tell people to 'have a nice holiday'-gotta be PC and not p*** anyone off!!!

Hopefully, you retaliated with "assault and battery" charges, filed a complaint with the EOC. And called Immigration....

[yayoi]

Originally Posted by annika08

I've always said "Merry Christmas" because, well, it's Christmas after all...but a few years back while working at a pizza place, I made the mistake of saying 'Merry Christmas" to a Muslim male, who got highly offended, jabbed his finger in my chest, threatened to sue me, called my manager and complained, and had me fired. Now, I'm very cautious who I use that term with-I typically tell people to 'have a nice holiday'-gotta be PC and not p*** anyone off!!!

That sucks to high heaven. They would've been firing me for other reasons besides using the wrong holiday greeting. Was that job in Dearborn by any chance?

[CamaroGuy]

Originally Posted by yayoi

That sucks to high heaven. They would've been firing me for other reasons besides using the wrong holiday greeting. Was that job in Dearborn by any chance?

You do mean "Dearbornistan" don't you?lol

[Who?Me?!]

Originally Posted by lilypad

Hopefully, you retaliated with "assault and battery" charges, filed a complaint with the EOC. And called Immigration....

Why call immigration???

[lilypad]

Originally Posted by Who?Me?!

Why call immigration???

I can connect the dots.....

[Who?Me?!]

Originally Posted by lilypad

I can connect the dots.....

You're saying Muslims can't be American citizens !!!!!


I'll raise your one

[CamaroGuy]

Originally Posted by Who?Me?!

You're saying Muslims can't be American citizens !!!!!


I'll raise your one

If the Muslim had said Salam to annika and she had hit him for that it would be considered a "hate crime".

[Langlen]

Originally Posted by Kuharai

Actually, saying "Happy Holidays" covers:

Thanksgiving
Advent
Christmas
Chanukah
Kwanzaa
Three Kings Day
New Years
Saturnalia

I'm probably missing one or two... so feel free to add to the list.

So, since some people celebrate some or all of the holidays, saying "Happy Holidays" covers everybody who celebrates any or all of the above.

Exactly. Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on the holidays, so we shouldn't treat it like such, irregardless of what the majority of the people follow. We are not a Christian nation, and we should not cater to ANY religion over another.