Community | December 05, 2008 | 3 comments

'Christmas' or 'Holidays'?

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27890640/?GT1=43001

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Note that msn put this in a section entitled 'holiday retail'...LOL

Two things stoked Erin Nash’s anger when she trolled the malls last year. First, most stores trumpeted their “holiday” sales. Second, every sales clerk robotically wished their customers “Happy holidays.” The word “Christmas,” Nash felt, had been discarded by the retailers like a wad of crumpled wrapping paper.
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3 comments // 'Christmas' or 'Holidays'?

  • DeliaTheArtist
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      DeliaTheArtist  

    • Mako said it perfectly. Surprise, Christmas is not the only holiday in Dec! This is the "HOLIDAY" season, Christmas is a holiday, I don't understand the beef.

    • 3 years ago
  • mako2424
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      mako2424  

    • Last I checked, Christmas WAS still a holiday, so I don't understand the sour grapes of consumers who feel the need to have cashiers say the words "Merry Christmas" instead of the all-encompassing "Happy Holidays." With the former, a business risks alienating a significant portion of the population who are not in fact Christian--as opposed to the latter, which, at least I think, pretty fairly represents everyone.

      I suppose this bit of controversy stems from the notion, held by many, that Christians "own" this time of year and everyone else should just fall in line.

    • 3 years ago
  • mako2424
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