It’s such a ridiculous kind of fake self persecution. No one gets in trouble for saying “Merry Christmas.” Some people choose to say other things that are more inclusive, like “Happy Holidays.” One person saying “Happy Holidays” doesn’t prevent another person from saying “Merry Christmas.”
The war on Christmas will continue until it refrains from the occupation of November.
“No Billy, you bullied a Jewish student for celebrating Hanukkah”
Has anyone, anywhere, at any point in time faced any consequences at all for saying merry Christmas?
It started because corporations offered guidance to their retail employees that shoppers preferred “Happy Holidays” because it was more inclusive. Retail drones were told what to say, and when Christians got wind of it, they lost their collective brain cell.
As a kid, I always thought it was because it was shorter than “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,” which was very common until the proliferation of “Happy Holidays” where I grew up. I have to imagine retail employees were glad to cut in half their mandatory goodbye phrase regardless of the reason.
I’m an atheist and ethnically Jewish and I’ve never enjoyed Christmas. If anyone would be attacking anyone for saying, “Merry Christmas,” it would be me.
When someone says “Merry Christmas” to me, my usual response is, “thanks, you too.”
Because, unlike Conservatives (apparently), I’m okay with people saying something I don’t agree with when they’re just trying to be friendly.
I mean, I imagine under Nero is was somewhat frowned upon. But since Constantine not really
You can’t say the C-h word, yet there it is, spelled out your comic? (*side eye*)
If you are comparing the worse-ness of two words and you won’t even write one of them, that’s the worse word
Remind me what this is from? It’s a quote from somebody… A comedian? A nighttime political comedy show?
