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Snow- Step into a non-christians shoes for just a second. It's not just a few people saying "Merry Christmas"...it's the stores, the music in the stores, the lights, the commercials on tv, it's EVERYWHERE. I mean, it's not like one "Merry Christmas" is offensive but the lack of consideration to another faith that is.

I'm sure non-Christians aren't offended for getting paid for the holiday...I mean, they have to work on their OWN holidays. So, kind of a trade off in my opinion.

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Snow- Step into a non-christians shoes for just a second. It's not just a few people saying "Merry Christmas"...it's the stores, the music in the stores, the lights, the commercials on tv, it's EVERYWHERE. I mean, it's not like one "Merry Christmas" is offensive but the lack of consideration to another faith that is.

I'm sure non-Christians aren't offended for getting paid for the holiday...I mean, they have to work on their OWN holidays. So, kind of a trade off in my opinion.

I would also like to point out that I'm not jewish but an elderly friend of mine was. She told me that Hannakuh, while a holiday, wasn't as big as when she was a kid. It was a holiday but it grew in importance throughout the years because in her opinion, jewish people felt the need to have an identity around the Christmas season. She let me know that holidays, such as Passover, were much more important in their faith but had become overshadowed because of this need for identity.

So in my opinion, if people had more respect all around for people of ALL faiths or even ending this onslaught of Christmas EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE to the point of making people sick of it by Thanksgiving, then maybe we wouldn't be having this discussion.

So, to quote my grandmother, "You made your bed...now lie in it."

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I think you should be able to express your greeting either way. At our bank we had a woman who was a Jehovah's Witness working here. Our area tends to be predominantly Christian. During the holiday season most people express their greeting as "Merry Christmas". She would smile and return the greeting. Did it offend her....no...she understood the holiday and the greeting. If someone said Happy Hanukah to me I wouldn't be offended. I would probably express the same greeting back to them.

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The reason for the season is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. If you don't believe, tough luck, you have absolutely no right to tell the majority of us there are not to express our right to free speech in saying Merry Christmas. You have no right to prevent us from practicing our religious faith.

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Snow- Step into a non-christians shoes for just a second. It's not just a few people saying "Merry Christmas"...it's the stores, the music in the stores, the lights, the commercials on tv, it's EVERYWHERE. I mean, it's not like one "Merry Christmas" is offensive but the lack of consideration to another faith that is.

I'm sure non-Christians aren't offended for getting paid for the holiday...I mean, they have to work on their OWN holidays. So, kind of a trade off in my opinion.

I would also like to point out that I'm not jewish but an elderly friend of mine was. She told me that Hannakuh, while a holiday, wasn't as big as when she was a kid. It was a holiday but it grew in importance throughout the years because in her opinion, jewish people felt the need to have an identity around the Christmas season. She let me know that holidays, such as Passover, were much more important in their faith but had become overshadowed because of this need for identity.

So in my opinion, if people had more respect all around for people of ALL faiths or even ending this onslaught of Christmas EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE to the point of making people sick of it by Thanksgiving, then maybe we wouldn't be having this discussion.

So, to quote my grandmother, "You made your bed...now lie in it."

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The reason for the season is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. If you don't believe, tough luck, you have absolutely no right to tell the majority of us there are not to express our right to free speech in saying Merry Christmas. You have no right to prevent us from practicing our religious faith.

You do, however, have the right not to celebrate the holiday. You have the right to say Happy Kwanza, Happy New Years, and happy Halloween if you so chose.

If you are offended that others practice their religion, and celebrate the birth of their Savior, think about this.... Does the KKK have the right to say Martin Luther King doesn't deserve a federal holiday and cause it to become politically incorrect to observe it?

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Snow- Step into a non-christians shoes for just a second. It's not just a few people saying "Merry Christmas"...it's the stores, the music in the stores, the lights, the commercials on tv, it's EVERYWHERE. I mean, it's not like one "Merry Christmas" is offensive but the lack of consideration to another faith that is.

I'm sure non-Christians aren't offended for getting paid for the holiday...I mean, they have to work on their OWN holidays. So, kind of a trade off in my opinion.

I would also like to point out that I'm not jewish but an elderly friend of mine was. She told me that Hannakuh, while a holiday, wasn't as big as when she was a kid. It was a holiday but it grew in importance throughout the years because in her opinion, jewish people felt the need to have an identity around the Christmas season. She let me know that holidays, such as Passover, were much more important in their faith but had become overshadowed because of this need for identity.

So in my opinion, if people had more respect all around for people of ALL faiths or even ending this onslaught of Christmas EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE to the point of making people sick of it by Thanksgiving, then maybe we wouldn't be having this discussion.

So, to quote my grandmother, "You made your bed...now lie in it."

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The reason for the season is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. If you don't believe, tough luck, you have absolutely no right to tell the majority of us there are not to express our right to free speech in saying Merry Christmas. You have no right to prevent us from practicing our religious faith.

You do, however, have the right not to celebrate the holiday. You have the right to say Happy Kwanza, Happy New Years, and happy Halloween if you so chose.

If you are offended that others practice their religion, and celebrate the birth of their Savior, think about this.... Does the KKK have the right to say Martin Luther King doesn't deserve a federal holiday and cause it to become politically incorrect to observe it?

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Michael, how do you bare the persecution you have suffered?

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This country is supposed to guarantee freedom of religion, but most only think that applies to different denominations of the Christian faith. It's sad.

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I don't think you are looking at the whole picture. Say you walked into every store and ALL it said was Happy Kwanza and there was no mention of Christmas at all. You would get indignant and complain about it.

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Why not try to treat everyone with respect? Wouldn't that accomplish the same thing as being politically correct? If people would just consider the feelings of others instead of focusing on a narrow personal agenda we wouldn't have this discussion.

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I think that some poeple just worked up about thinking someone is asking them to change. In fact no Christian loses anything by wishes someone Happy Holiday. They just manage to include many different groups of people. I don't see it as anyone being OFFENDED by someone saying Merry Christmas. It's just more asking the Christians in this country to recognize that there are different faiths.

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