[bmwcyle]

I have been saying Merry Christmas to everyone in a government facility all day in Virginia. Screw that map.

[UnwashedPeasant]

No one is offended by "Merry Christmas."

It is politically correct to pretend you are offended.

[This I Wonder32460]

I work with the public and if I’ve met someone enough to know Merry Christmas are welcome words, then when we are concluding business I will say:

“You’re all set. It’s good to see you again. And I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”

However, if I know someone only a little or not at all, then I find myself saying

“You’re all set. It’s nice to have met you (again?) and Happy Holidays.”

Then if they say Merry Christmas back to me; I will say Merry Christmas back to them. I find this works best for me at work since it helps keep the moment comfortable and it stops anyone who might take offense from making an issue out of it. However; outside of work I’m more apt to say Merry Christmas.

[HotHunt]

Throughout my life, I have never, ever buckled under to this PC crap or given in to the notion that one can't speak the greeting "Merry Christmas" to anyone I want. If people are going to be offended, I've always taken the approach that's their problem, not mine.

I am a Christian and celebrate the birth of Christ as Christmas. People who don't want to celebrate it can go about their own business and I won't be offended or bothered. But I am not going to change because of some poll or Leftist PC crap or an atheist push to eliminate Christmas from the culture because they aren't Christian or are offended by someone else's celebration.

[BatGuano]

To lump the South with the Northeast, even with a lesser percentage, is a doubtful poll.

I live in the South and only a rare person will use “Holidays” and they are usually from the Northeast.

Merry Christmas to all!