Comments on: Merry Christ-mas http://www.summitmadison.org/christ-mas/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:03:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris Naish http://www.summitmadison.org/christ-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Chris Naish Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.summitmadison.org/?p=438#comment-6 Amen, Mark! Thanks for the perspective, too - this'll help me to not grumble when I see or hear, "Happy Holidays". :) Amen, Mark! Thanks for the perspective, too – this’ll help me to not grumble when I see or hear, “Happy Holidays”. :)

]]> By: Linda Hall http://www.summitmadison.org/christ-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Linda Hall Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:43:32 +0000 http://www.summitmadison.org/?p=438#comment-2 Great blog post Mark. I agree wholeheartedly. When I hear someone says "Happy Holidays", I try to be friendly and ascertain WHY they are saying that instead of Merry Christmas. Is it a personal or "other religion" thing? A store policy? Just yesterday I was in a store and the salesperson said "Happy Holidays!". I laughed and said "Can you believe the holidays are here already?!" We chatted for a moment and I asked if the "Happy Holidays" greeting was a store policy. She said "Oh my goodness no! I just couldn't allow that! I say Happy Holidays because I feel like it's just not close enough to Christmas to be saying Merry Christmas. But don't you worry, I'll be saying Merry Christmas to everyone who walks in the door when the time comes!" If I had started ranting at her about "how dare you say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas", not only would I have come off as a really nasty and not-so-Christian woman, I would have been very wrong! Blessings to you! Great blog post Mark. I agree wholeheartedly. When I hear someone says “Happy Holidays”, I try to be friendly and ascertain WHY they are saying that instead of Merry Christmas. Is it a personal or “other religion” thing? A store policy?

Just yesterday I was in a store and the salesperson said “Happy Holidays!”. I laughed and said “Can you believe the holidays are here already?!” We chatted for a moment and I asked if the “Happy Holidays” greeting was a store policy. She said “Oh my goodness no! I just couldn’t allow that! I say Happy Holidays because I feel like it’s just not close enough to Christmas to be saying Merry Christmas. But don’t you worry, I’ll be saying Merry Christmas to everyone who walks in the door when the time comes!”

If I had started ranting at her about “how dare you say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas”, not only would I have come off as a really nasty and not-so-Christian woman, I would have been very wrong!

Blessings to you!

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