Thanks to Trump we can again say Merry Christmas*...

[lame54]

But, because of Trump there is a hell of a lot less reason to

*

[brewens]

1. I was just in line at the pharmacy the other day and encountered a guy that really seemed to be

taking every opportunity to say Merry Christmas to everyone loudly. I could tell it wasn't just a nice guy in the holiday spirit. He was thinking it's offensive to some people and was determined to rub it in their faces if it was. He was up front at checkout too when I went through with a few items. It was a grocery store pharmacy.

I can't say I have ever been in a situation where someone objected to Merry Christmas. If at some point in the past I was in a store where the rule was to always say Happy Holidays, I never took notice. It probably would have been before Billdo O"Reilly started all that crap.

At first when the phony war on Christmas was being pushed to the half-wits, I thought I would push back by only saying Happy Holidays, and only send Happy Holiday cards. If I had done that though, I wouldn't be going around saying it to everyone I encountered just to be an ass! That wasn't me though, I grew up saying Merry Christmas. I probably only said it around people I knew , and just right around that ten days or so before Christmas. I wouldn't have been trying to prove anything by it, just genuinely spreading the cheer.

[oberliner]

3. Please don't wish me 'Merry Christmas' It's impolite and alienating to assume I follow your religion

’Twas five nights before Christmas, and my Lyft driver was the umpteenth person to wish me a “Merry Christmas” that day. He probably just meant it the way most people do, as a kind of December shorthand for “have a good day.” But he had a cross hanging from his rearview mirror. I said thank you, wished him the same, got out on my street — decorated with lights and wreaths and nativity scenes — went into my house and sighed.

I like good cheer. But please do not wish me “Merry Christmas.” It’s wonderful if you celebrate it, but I don’t — and I don’t feel like explaining that to you. It’s lonely to be reminded a thousand times every winter that the dominant American cultural event occurs without me.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/21/please-dont-wish-me-merry-christmas/

[BootinUp]

4. I'm with you. Nt

[yonder]

2. Kind of like the Stephen Miller interview on Face the Nation last Sunday:

As he was being introduced by the show's host he blurted out this loud, and out of place "Merry Christmas". The insincerity was startling and unseemly.

[trev]

5. I'm an atheist

but I have no problem with "Merry Christmas." I wish it to my family and friends every year. My non-Christian friends offer it in return. To me, it's no big deal. December 25th is Christmas Day, regardless of the historical inaccuracies, and to me it's just part of the season to give the greeting. It's part of our culture.

Unless one eschews the entire season's activities, I see no reason to be a snit about it.