"I deliberarely force myself to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS because I had slipped into the Happy Holidays pc slang."Yep. Me, too. So far, it's been pretty good, and they will usually say, "You too!" Although none have said "Merry Christmas!" back to me yet, there's still time, and there's still hope.
Gap doesn't allow it's employees to say Merry Christmas. When I first heard about this STUPID policy I called my local Gap store where I purchased quite a lot of Christmas presents, and asked whether or not what I heard was true and the manager of the store refused to comment. It was utter insanity. I then ended the call by stating that I'd be returning all of the gifts that I purchased at the Gap, and that I did.