My Lebanese Druze friend and an Israeli wished me Merry Christmas. To everybody who told me “happy holiday” I replied “Merry Christmas.” Admittedly that’s a small sample but they all smiled and said, “Merry Christmas.” The Gold’s employee actually blushed when he said it. (I suspect they were told to say only Happy Holiday.)
My next door neighbor is Muslim. Not sure where his family is from. If I had to guess I’d say Iraq. Only eat halal.
Anyway we exchanged gifts ( he caught me by surprise last year and got us something), he put out luminaries with the rest of the neighborhood and we exchanged “Merry Christmas”
He took his little girl to the mall to see Santa, drove around to see the lights, etc.
I’m still somewhat cautious though.