Posted on 12/24/2016 9:02:11 AM PST by Olog-hai
According to a recent survey, Americans prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” by 20 percentage points. The Marist poll was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, who released the findings on Thursday.
Among the 1,005 adults surveyed, nearly six in 10 (57 percent) said they prefer “Merry Christmas,” and fewer than four in 10 (37 percent) preferred “Happy Holidays.”
“The vast majority of Americans celebrate Christmas and prefer ‘Merry Christmas’ to a generic greeting,” said Knights CEO Carl Anderson of the results. “Celebrating Christmas is a reminder that Christ came into the world out of love for us and to teach us to love one another.” …
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I prefer Merry Christmas as I Celebrate the birth of the Greatest JEWISH White Man. Praise God. Thank you for your Son.
In the last few days I have heard Merry Christmas more times than the last 10 years added together. Isn’t it funny that all it too was 1 brave man who doesn’t care about politically correct to give people the courage to stan up against the bullies
Merry Christmas, Y’all. And, for the Freep Libertarians, I wish you pleasant days, good eating, and not having a need to take down Christmas decorations.
I got a kick out of a Coke bottle a few years ago. It had both Happy Holidays and Feliz Navidad on it. I guess Spanish speakers wouldn’t freak out at the mention of Christmas, while Anglos had to be protected from it.
They are coming to realize that Happy Holidays and Seasons Greatings are ways to suppress the Merry Christmas greeting, much like the Merry Xmas was meant to do.
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