Our culture and tradition of Christmas is about the sharing and giving. But some people are taking advantage of the season’s generosity that they give another meaning to the greeting “Merry Christmas” which now has a connotation of asking something. It’s like when someone you don’t know greets you Merry Christmas it is as if you have to hand him something in return for the greeting.
So now it is getting clearer that people are mistaking Christmas to be a day for asking. The cops, security guards and other lowly people you meet in a public place seems to want something from you by simply greeting you a “Merry Christmas.” So how do you reply to that greeting now?
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Do you celebrate Christmas?
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Yes
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no
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it is not in our religion
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I always say Merry Christmas. Too bad some only want you to say Happy Holidays.
I hate to say this, but I agree with you, Alex. Even kids think Christmas is a season for receiving gifts from their God parents.
you raise an interesting question. I would need to spend some serious time thinking about it.
Spend a Christmas here in the Philippines, Doc and you will understand what he means.
i suspect you would find the changing of Christmas everywhere it is celebrated.
Well, in varying ways…. I read a few years ago that some groups in some states don’t want to hear the word Christmas in public places. They want to make the greetings “Happy Holidays” instead of Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays was more sensitive to the many people that do not celebrate the Christian Holidays.