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wE cAn'T sAy mErRy ChRiStMaS aNyMoRe (midwest.social)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/religiouscringe@midwest.social
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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Has anyone, anywhere, at any point in time faced any consequences at all for saying merry Christmas?

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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