Poll: Majority of Americans say it doesn't matter if stores greet them with 'Merry Christmas'

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 12/14/17 10:01 AM EST

More than half of Americans say it “doesn’t matter” whether stores and business greet them with “Merry Christmas,” according to new data from Pew Research Center.

Pew reported that while 32 percent of respondents said they would prefer to be greeted with “merry Christmas,” 52 percent said it doesn’t matter, and 15 percent said they would prefer a nonreligious greeting like “happy holidays” or “season’s greetings.”

President Trump has decried what conservatives call the “war on Christmas,” saying that political correctness has ruined holiday celebrations. He has repeatedly said throughout the campaign and his presidency that under him, Americans will be “saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again.”

At a Trump campaign rally in Pensacola, Fla., earlier this month, his supporters carried “merry Christmas” signs and the stage was adorned with Christmas decorations. Fake snow fell on the crowd at the close of the rally.

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