Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays: Which is used more often?

Which do you think gets said more often: "happy holidays" or "merry Christmas?"

Which term do you think won in 2007? You may be surprised!

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[deluxegifts]

Isn't it interesting how polarizing this issue is - no matter which term you use, someone has the potential to be offended!

But what if you don't celebrate Kwanzaa?

[IamChristian92]

Ok, first of all, why should we be forced to say Happy Holidays? All you see are Christmas trees, lights, decorations, and Santa Claus! All these are Christmas traditions. So why should they be changed. You don't see stores selling Haunukah or Kwanzaa items. Just Christmas stuff! So why should we change? I think saying Merry Christmas is not (despite what the PC freaks say) forcing Christianity on you but just being polite and wishing you good feelings and health and good spirits for the season!

[boomersooner202]

If you come to America, its merry christmas, you dont have to say it but dont get all pissed off if someone tells it to you, they are really just trying to be polite

[Pir8forever]

To me, those whose say Merry Christmas have two options; they can either accept the fact that their are other religions who have their own holi(y)days and wish them a general good season by saying Happy Holidays, or be prepared to hear Merry Yule/Saturnalia/Hannukah/Kwanz­za(etc.) in return. It's simply disrespectful to exclude others by saying Merry Christmas.

[ConfederatePatriot]

Either way is Christian

Merry CHRISTmas

Happy HOLY days

"God Bless Y'all"

(never say X-mas)

[ethicomm]

Last week I was in a grocery store owned by a Sikh Indian and he wished me a Merry Christmas. A few days ago I got a haircut at a barber shop run by a Muslim immigrant from Iraq. He too wished my a Merry Christmas. Makes me wonder where this political correctness is coming from because it doesn't seem that it's always non-Christians initiating it.

[flybergonDC]

I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! CHRIST'S BIRTH!!! YEAH, I SAID IT!!

[Carlton21488]

Merry CHRISTMAS everyone. My CHRISTMAS tree is up and decorated.

[Lucailey]

The way I do it is very simple. If I don't know you or don't know you well enough to know what holiday they celebrate. If I know what they celebrate I wish them that. Its very simple. I celebrate Christmas but, I realize that not everyone celebrates Christmas to me. When you say happy holidays by the way, your arn't changing the name of a christmas tree. That is just silly!

[onjnoj]

Based on keeping track of what word people use in their card message, don't you need more than a handful of customers to determine accurate percentages?

[smkbo7257]

Huh???? Since when is it pc to wish someone happy kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is just a made up holiday celebrated by fewer than 2% of the population. Christmas is celebrated by virtually all Americans (over 97%.)