But your actions seem to belie that statement: You seem to wish that those who don't know that you are an observant Jew automatically extend you the same wishes atheists demand in this second holiest of the Christian seasons.
We Christians and Jews worship the same G_d, in slightly different ways, and those who know your status likely already extend you a "Happy Hanukkah". Those who don't know you are merely trying to share their joy at the season, they are not trying to slight or insult you.
Try to enjoy the love and sharing intended, please don't think others are trying to be rude, they're trying to be pleasant!
Well said, Don.
E, I am sorry that you are offended by “Merry Christmas” and I hope that you and yours enjoy a blessed Hanukkah.
Please understand that we Christians who are upset at the banishing of “Merry Christmas” are not upset with those like yourself who do not believe in Christmas. We see the attack on “Merry Christmas” as an attack on our Christian beliefs and traditions, an attempt to obliterate the Judeo-Christian underpinnings of Western Civilization. Christians and Jews are in that fight together.