Aren't you special. I'm glad you think that other religions aren't worthy of being acknowledged.

And having separated it from all the religious nonsense, I'm free to recognize it as a secular celebration of the season.

(And, yes, now that you mention it, I am special.)

of other faiths a "Merry Christmas" may not sit well with them. It's a matter of being considerate. Don't be so self-absorbed. And I am sure you are "special".

(Why do you hate my cultural heritage?)

"Merry Christmas", it's just when they angrily insist that the ONLY appropriate greeting for the season MUST be "Merry Christmas" and rudely respond to a greeting of "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings" with a snide remark because they think it's too PC or because "it's taking 'Christ' out of of the holiday". It's just stupid to get all bent out of shape to make a big issue over someone wishing you well.

People who get upset about this seem unhappy.

Better the Can Can than The French Mistake.

... because they've been TOLD it's an 'issue'.

For the truly stupid, saying 'Merry Christmas' is a great distraction from real issues.

It never was until Fox and the republicans made it one. I sometimes say both, depending upon who I am speaking to. It just irritates me that a simple greeting has become so politically loaded.

... are the dumbest people in the country - which is why the GOP has deliberately curried their favour for decades. Dumb people do as they're told, and vote as they're told.

Can you even imagine the average Dem voter saying, "Yeah, healthcare, the environment, the growing deficit might be important issues - but as long as the local mall is selling Christmas trees instead of Xmas trees, I know what's really at stake here."

I walk my dog around midnight. I am going to put a stickit on it saying, Being combative in the name of the Lord is the very definition of taking Christ our of Christmas.

not the slightest bit religious. They just get off on the rage. It's so screwed up.

Everyone is enjoy the Christmas cheer with lights and joy and here this person feels the need to do a finger wagging at all of us.

That’s not to say everyone who says, Merry Christmas is a shitstain. If you are making a point of emphasizing your Christian privilege by doing so, then you have crossed over into the realm of shitstainery.