Should 'happy hols' replace 'merry xmas'?

Your right, but some people do take offence to these things, and I have no idea why. The government tries its best to please everybody, but alot of the time it actually doesnt please most people. Obviously, christmas isnt celebrated by everyone, but most religions have holidays around this time of year, and so people are encouraged to say 'Happy Holidays' instead. It is still saying merry christmas, just in a differant way.

Now this I agree with. You say Merry Christmas to me the way you feel within your heart, because this time of year is for giving and giving should come from the heart or it's just an act. Don't get me wrong, even giving as an act because you know it should be done, is better than not giving. :) So you say Merry Christmas in your way and I will say it my way and we will pass each other with a smile and a strong feeling of joy in our heart.

Hear, Hear. I agree with you wholeheartedly. Why is it that the younger generations seem to want to forget the past completely? Changes must be made in many areas but with a simple thing like Merry Christmas,,,,e Gods, what's the harm?

hashthugin, I agree with you entirely. The governments come up with these outrageous ideas in the name of political correctness, but they only serve to cause disharmony. It is too easy for Christians to become angry at the suggestion that Muslims or followers of other religions are being disrespectful to our customs, whereas they are not the people to blame for this. I have no problem with people celebrating Yom Kippur or Ramadan, and my friends who follow other religions have never had a problem with me celebrating Christmas. So I suggest that the government should stop interfering and allow us to live in harmony.

me being a Muslim and hearing the word merry Christmas or if sum one says it to me doesn't offend me. i say it to my friends who are Christians. i think its just the government who are trying to split people apart.

It doesn't bother me that people want to say Happy Holidays, if thats your choice, go for it! The problem is being told "not" to say Merry Christmas. We should all be able to greet as we choose.

Oh, I completely agree. I think when it comes to individual people, you should say what you want. But, when it comes to big chain stores -like Wal-Mart- they should be saying "Happy holidays". Their customers celebrate all different holidays, and some not at all. I think it makes a store look bad and unaccepting.

i can understand your frustration in not seeing your religion and festival being given as much importance as christmas by others. but this is natural when the majority are christians and the local culture is more tuned for it. people here irrespective of their religion join in all the festivities. after all if you leave out the religious angle to it all these festivals are an occasion for us to celebrate.

No one is trying to replace the word "Christmas" with the word "holiday". And no one is trying to abolish Christmas. Quit being extreme. And you're saying that is there was no Christmas there'd be no holiday. Are you kidding? You think that if Christmas all of a sudden disappeared that no one else would celebrate their holiday. You're nuts. And sweetheart, the winter solstice is the reason there is a holiday. Not the birth of some imaginary baby.

I dont celebrate Christmas but I too dont get offended when they greet me Merry Christmas, problem is not everybody feels the same...

It isn't to do with offending anyone. Thats the whole point. Its to do with allowing people to celebrate what they want and when you live in a country that follows christian beliefs thats the way it goes. If people are so easily offended then every single religious celebration should be banned. But, most people aren't, its hype and PC gone mad by the minority. If I moved to a country that had a different faith I would respect that faith and not feel offended if someone mistook me for their own faith. I would politely tell them that I am ..... and if they are interested to know more I would happily tell them. Maybe you should tell your colleagues about your religious celebrations and what greeting you give to each other. Maybe they will greet you with it. We celebrate many other religious festivals in this country because we have repect. So this means every religious festival including christmas. Where I work, halal meat is served, pork is banned, members of staff take a day off for Eid. We have respect for each other and greet each other with the greeting of our faith's. I am lucky that I live in London where the majority of people I work with hold no prejudice. Life's to short to worry about someone saying happy christmas to you to get upset or feel excluded, if it is not done as an insult. All this does is keep us fighting among ourselves so we don't have time to look at who really is at fault. Happy Eid ul-Adha to you and your family

I think that the religion is not more so remembered in the day of the Christmas. The people alone think about gifts and are forgetting the main reason. the Birth of Christ.

I think it depends on which country you're talking about. In Italy a large amount of population is catholic but quite no one who is devoted to any other religion says that Merryt Xmas is offensive... they 're just happy and they enjoy the holidays maybe, but thei don't complain about it...

my dear friend as i stated in the discussion topic, in my own state and country Hindus and Muslims have no problem with christmas. In fact all are celbrating the festival together, in the right spirit. And your comment that hindus and muslims treat women as second class citizens is total rubbish. You are making a generalised statement based on isolated incidents. I am a Hindu and I love and respect my mother and cousin-sisters as much as I do anyone else.

Why would you call someone elses religion a stupid belief? Maybe they think your Christian views are stupid beliefs.

This might be the dumbest response to this discussion. Way to go! Why are you assuming that everyone that has a different belief than you isn't from this country? Are you that vapid? And what is this "our religion" crap? Do not imply that everyone in America is Christian. Basically did you mean to say... "Burn the Jews!!!"? Cause that's what it sounds like to me.