Yes
I always correct them with MERRY CHRISTMAS
Me too and I always buy Christmas cards that say the C-word. I am a DJ at a college radio station (have stuck around for close to 30 years!) and will play Christmas music, etc. and I always tell my listeners Merry Christmas. Yes if there are tunes for other holidays I’ll play them too (”I’m Spending Hannukah In Santa Monica”—Tom Lehrer; “Hannukah Song”—
Adam Sandler) but in general I don’t forget to say Merry Christmas _AND_ happy Hannukah, etc.
Dec 25 is observed as Christmas Day, not “...holiday...”
And here will come the various stories of schools
having “holiday” concerts and shying away from any
“Christmas” mentions (just sing Let It Snow instead of
Silent Night, O Come All ye Faithful, etc.)
Whatever happened to embracing all cultures? Celebrate the various holidays but don’t forget Christmas is a part of
them. And I’ll shop at stores that use the C-word.
I do the same. When they say “happy holidays”, I say same to you. Then I add, and “Merry Christmas”. “Have a blessed day/night”.
I had to do the same this weekend after putting some money into a Salvation Army kettle. The girl said, “Happy Holidays.” I replied, “And Merry Christmas to you too.”