Christmas is a religious observance that takes place in homes and Churches.
It registers to me as false piety if retail outlets interested in commerce besmirch the birth of our Lord with shallow observance, reindeer, snowmen, and a fat man in red and call it Christmas instead of “Holiday”.
But maybe if someone were to pray LOUDER in Church, people might think they were more pious! ;)
i find it sad and yet funny that everyone is going to the “happy holiday” label more and more.
This federal holiday is in observance of Christmas, not any other religious celebration that some people may observe.
when those who came before us decided to recognize that time in December it was Christmas that was on their minds and lips.
this “winter holiday” crap reminds of those people who use the CE (common Era) and BCE as their dating system. they can label however they want to, but we all know its really BC and AD...
You may want to rethink considering Xmas as secular and Christmas as Christian.
That “X” isn’t an ex, it’a a chi, the first letter of Xristos, the original Greek word for Christ from which the English Christ, the Latin Christus, and so forth are derived.
As to “Happy Holidays”, notice it’s plural: Christmas and New Years if you’re a Christian (or, when said early or when Hanukkah falls late Hanukkah and New Years if you’re Jewish).
It’s not a replacement for “Merry Christmas”, it’s a replacement for “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”, which is rather long.