[dmw]

"Why not just take the greeting in the spirit in which it was offered?"

I have no problem with that at all just as long as you don't forbid your employees from using the word Christmas as many businesses have done for the past couple of years (and some still do).

[Stone Mountain]

I have no problem with that at all just as long as you don't forbid your employees from using the word Christmas as many businesses have done for the past couple of years (and some still do).

Sure. I think that's insane. But it seems reasonable to me for stores to encourage a generic greeting to be inclusive of all of their customers. Enourage, not mandate.