Comments on: It’s OK To Say “Merry Christmas”

By: Richard Dover

Richard Dover — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:48:31 +0000

We sell buttons that say “It’s okay to say Merry Christmas”. The net profits help those overcoming an addiction.

By: Mark Kingsdorf - The Queen of Hearts Wedding Consultants

Mark Kingsdorf - The Queen of Hearts Wedding Consultants — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:18:38 +0000

Great post Craig!

Merry Christmas!

By: Sean Gallo

Sean Gallo — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:08:28 +0000

“It’s a salutation, not an affirmation”
respek

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:40:55 +0000

stumbled across this link from blogcatalog. as someone who came from a predominantly christian country (philippines), I never thought of this as an issue until you mentioned it. i suppose it should be ok, though. i greet my muslim friends merry christmas and even give them gifts, and they don’t take offense.

By: nothingprofound

nothingprofound — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:12:21 +0000

I know it seems silly, but it’s a matter of respect. If it’s a sensitive issue to someone, why intentionally step on their toes?

By: Maura Duggan

Maura Duggan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:46:24 +0000

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy winter to us all!

By: Hels

Hels — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:19:14 +0000

At the last Australian census, 64% of the population claim at least nominal adherence to a Christian faith and 36% said they had a non-Christian faith or no faith at all.

Since Australia is very much a British country, we can compare our results to those of the city of London. At the last census, 58% of people in London gave their religion as Christian while the rest said they followed either a non-Christian religion or no religion at all.

If 1% of the population was not Christian, you could say Happy Christmas to everyone and almost never make a mistake. But here a substantial minority of the population are clearly atheist, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist etc.

I always ask first. Happy holidays
Hels
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