Posted on 11/27/2008 7:13:48 AM PST by Sub-Driver
68% Prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” Thursday, November 27, 2008
Christmas is just around the corner, and a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% of American adults prefer stores to show signs saying “Merry Christmas” rather than "Happy Holidays."
Only one-quarter of adults (25%) favor signs that say “Happy Holidays.” Those figures are virtually unchanged from our survey conducted this time last year.
Men (71%) favor “Merry Christmas” slightly more than women (65%).
From a politically partisan perspective, Republicans (84%) overwhelmingly prefer “Merry Christmas” more than Democrats (51%). Far more Democrats (43%) wish for “Happy Holidays” signs than Republicans (13%).
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
I always say Merry Christmas and have never had anyone go nuts because I said it, this includes clerks at stores who are Christmas adverse.
The remaining 32% can kiss Santa’s sack.
i’m not religous, but i want traditional holidays and patriotic music.
reason—the left is undermining our society by removing these.
Why do people always say the same thing, I was thinking,, every time 2 people meet its “Hi I’m ____ nice to meet you”
and when a clerk rings you up how many people say thanks instead of your WELCOME. I have been saying thanks because I wouldnt want to be a cashier but seriously it should be your welcome because you are keeping their store in business.
Polls are snapshots but one conclusion can be drawn: Democrats equate tolerance with cowardice.
I will never say happy Holidays again in my lifetime unless it’s to someone I know to Jewish or maybe some other religion.
Period.
The older I get the less appreciation I have for diversity.
I’ve been putting “happy holidays’ on all my Christmas cards for a few years now. I’m going to write Merry Christmas from now on. I have a lot of Jewish friends and if any of them get offended, they can complain to me and I’ll take them off the damn list. It’s my small part, but I’m sick of it too. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I am in everyone’s face with Merry Christmas every year I say it to all I come in contact with I love it
I just loved this a.m.’s attack on the Catholic Church by NBC, as a prelude to the Macy Parade, they just had to have some lezzie butch females performing Mass and doing it on TV (gotta’ catch the children’s audience, too, don’t we). Can’t wait to see what else is in store for Christians this Christmas season.
I had lots of fun last year sending Christmas emails and Christian Christmas cards to the ACLU:
ACLU
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Gotta’ do it this year too! How’z about us Freepers sending them one too. Merry Christmas everyone!
“I will never say happy Holidays again in my lifetime unless it’s to someone I know to Jewish or maybe some other religion.”
I ALWAYS say Merry Christmas . . . I’m a Christian . . . if they say Happy Hannukah, I say thank you, and I mean it. Very simple and respectful, I think. But I ALWAY SAY “MERRY CHRISTMAS!”
...How about “Seasons greetings”? What ever season yer celebrating, greetings and salutations...
Add an atheist to that list.
Nothing annoys me more at Christmas than the phrase “Happy Holidays”.
PC garbage. Nothing more.
“I had lots of fun last year sending Christmas emails and Christian Christmas cards to the ACLU:
ACLU
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Gotta’ do it this year too! How’z about us Freepers sending them one too. Merry Christmas everyone!”
Let’s git ur done!!
If I ever do say it, I make sure to pronounce it Happy “Holy-days” to emphasize the origin of the word holidays.
Civilized life requires a culture and a system of values. The attempts to remove values from our lives and our laws, are attempts to eradicate laws, lives and civilization.
Prefer? That’s a rather limp description.
I detest people saying “Happy Holidays”. It instantly brands them as Liberals. Conservatives will say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Chanukah”, neither of which offend me. I have a lot of Buddhist friends and they are more into Christmas than many Christians. This simple gesture says that they stand for something and are not just sheeple.
What was this show???
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