Why should it require courage to call the holiday "Christmas"? We have celebrated Christmas for many centuries without anyone being harmed by it. There is no reason why we celebrate that day as a special holiday other than the birth of Jesus Christ. The big retailers are very happy to to take our money in exchange for their Chinese made Christmas gifts and decorations, but they can't bring themselves to use the proper word for the season.
I noticed a Home Depot flier in my mail yesterday. All 6 pages featured Christmas related items such as Christmas trees, Christmas tree holders, Christmas wreaths, Christmas lights, and many items intended for Christmas gifts. Yet with all that there was NO mention of Christmas as the reason for the season. Every reference to merchandise offered for the Christmas season was prefaced by words such as "winter holidays" or "seasonal gifts" instead of Christmas.
There was another insert from the CVS drug store chain which used the same tactic to avoid using the proper title of the holiday. Scores of ads for Christmas related merchandise but no mention of Christmas. I am utterly disgusted with the entire retail industry. If they want to deny the religious significance of Christmas and still rake in our money for the items which are bought solely for Christmas gifts they can do it without my money. There are still some stores in my small town which aren't ashamed of the name "Christmas", and I would rather give them my business than to further enrich big corporate retailers who apparently have forgotten that they are doing business in a nation in which 90% of the people still celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ instead of the winter solstice, or Gayia, or Mohammed, or some envirowhacko Earth Mother.
I propose a total boycott of every retail chain which refuses to use the name "Christmas" in it's ads. Whether or not anyone else joins with me, I will not trade with retailers who are ashamed or afraid to call Christmas Christmas. I also plan to email or call the corporate offices of every corporation which is denying the reason we celebrate this holiday. Maybe if their Christmas sales fall off and they are told why that is happening they just might realize that what they are doing may be OK in some parts of the world, but it is not the best sales strategy to use here at home in the good old USA where we still celebrate the miraculous virgin birth of God's Holy Child.
I mention the word courage, because these folks "seem" to be scared to death to mention the word. This has all come about over the last year or two. I have no idea what's driving it unless there has been a concerted effort by some group that I am unaware of.