There was a time when a seemingly small but vocal number of Christians criticized retail stores & companies for turning Christmas into a holiday of overconsumption & greed.
These days, we become angry when those same corporations don't wish us a "Merry Christmas".
Whatever.
Yup. Heaps of criticism for companies that refuse to crassly commercialize the Christmas season by disingenuously wishing us a Merry Christmas, choosing instead to crassly commercialize the holiday season by disingenuously wishing us a happy holiday. How dare they crassly commercialize this season in any other way than I want it crassly commercialized?
Have I set a record for using the phrase "crassly commercialize" as often as I did in just a few short sentences?
I keep seeing this comparison pop up, lately. I think a lot of us Christians still feel we need to get back to more basics. It isn't about saying "merry Christmas" though. That should be an individual choice and come from the heart. What bothers me is a clerk being told he/she can't and stores deliberately removing the Reason for the season. It is their right but they shouldn't do so and hold out their hand , expecting my money.
Thanks to Glenn Beck, I actually like the term "Happy Holidays". I don't get upset if a company doesn't want to use the word Christmas. But I do get upset if they call it a "Holiday Tree". That's just silly.