What is right to say for Christmas ?

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I heard and sees some when I was on road. I talked with my mom and finding very interest.

Christians not want to say "MERRY CHRISTMAS" because no one believe in CHRIST JESUS so they would say, "HAPPY HOLIDAY" to advice from non-believe.

BUT, I know there is more than MERRY CHRISTMAS is Happy Hannukah and Happy Kwanzaa.

Do we have to say Happy Holiday instead of say Merry Christmas ?
 
You can say whatever you want.

I am a Christian, so I said "Merry Christmas!" Christmas is past, so now I say "Happy New Year!" Last month (November) I said, "Happy Thanksgiving!"

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day are legal holidays in the United States. There is no legal holiday in the US called "Holidays". :D

Of course, any day of the year you can say, "Have a wonderful blessed day!" :P
 
Yeah I have heard of it from other people too, but since I am a christian, I just say Merry Christmas
 
I'm Christian too and I do say " Merry Christmas " and others can say what they want...
 
I say both "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays" to respect all people. You can say whatever makes you conformable in saying. There's no right and wrong. :P
 
MizzDeaf said:
I heard and sees some when I was on road. I talked with my mom and finding very interest.

Christians not want to say "MERRY CHRISTMAS" because no one believe in CHRIST JESUS so they would say, "HAPPY HOLIDAY" to advice from non-believe.

BUT, I know there is more than MERRY CHRISTMAS is Happy Hannukah and Happy Kwanzaa.

Do we have to say Happy Holiday instead of say Merry Christmas ?
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Sure, YOU can say whatever you want.

But the government can't. The government can't say Merry Christmas, because the government can't endorse one religion over another. Not everyone in the government is Christian, nor Muslim, nor Jewish, nor Buddist, nor African, ad naseum.

So, if the government says, "Merry Christmas!" you darn well bet I'm upset.

The same thing for big companies -- isn't it endorsing a religion when you say, "Merry Christmas?" If you hire Indians and they only get Christmas off, aren't you basically telling them that you have to celebrate Christmas, whether or not you believe it?
 
I believe the majority rules and this PC business is sickening cuz I think we all are more alike than not! So there! And Merry Christmas.
 
Yeah, I heard about it. So I prefer to say "Merry Christmas". :P
 
@ my work i say happy holidays, but mainly i do say merry xmas or mele kalikimaka to those hawaiians
 
I say "Merry Christmas," but if anybody gives me wishes for another holiday, I return them. Seems polite. :)
 
Well, ahem, since CHRISTmas is past, it's now time to make New Year's Resolutions...so, that's why I say, "Happy New You!!"

P.S. I still say, Merry Christmas, as, according to the Church calender, it will remain Christmas for another few weeks.
 
I normally would say Merry Christmas or sometime Xmas (just to be a bit lazy). I also was told that some of the christians didn't like the "Xmas" term. I don't know if that's the case but when I was told by that... it was referred to as being X in "Ex". Maybe some of you can add in to this feedback?
 
I think the X signifies the Greek Ch....
 
Tousi said:
I think the X signifies the Greek Ch....
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You might be correct. It's something worth to be researched about. I am not sure where the origin of Xmas itself came from. That's what I am curious about. Was it actually from a denomination that created it or was it out of plain laziness that was invented out of the blue?
 
I was always told it was impolite/improper/disrespectful to spell Christmas that way. Without really understanding why it's impolite to spell Christmas as X-mas, I, nevertheless, always spell it as Christmas. And I am not even asking to be free of this "burden". Hahaha
 
Jolie_77 said:
You might be correct. It's something worth to be researched about. I am not sure where the origin of Xmas itself came from. That's what I am curious about. Was it actually from a denomination that created it or was it out of plain laziness that was invented out of the blue?
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There's a slightly twisted saying that's going on around the academic world. It's "Mithra's the reason for the season." This time of December was initially associated with the solstice, and the pagan god Mithra (of the Cult of Mithra) was said to die and be reborn with the solstice.

My understanding of the context is that because Christianity was trying to gain momentum then, it was very easy for the fellows in charge to change the celebration of Jesus' birth to the 25th. The strategy seemed to work. Instead of celebrating Mithra, people were now celebrating Jesus. Similar festival, different figure. It made the transition easier for people to swallow.

Christmas has been changed even more. These days some (though I really wonder how many) people celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday and do not take note of the religious (both christian and pagan) history of the day. It's interesting how that works.

I think what surprises me most is that religious traditionalists do not protest the "unholy" origins of the day. If I was very fundamentalist, I would be upset about it. It's almost like when we look at a picture of Jesus, he's painted as a caucasian male with the genetic facial features characteristic of anglo-saxons, but we know that Jesus probably looked much more like the people of his time and his location; medium-skinned, short, wider face, et cetera. I do not hear much protest of that either. That just surprises me a little.
 
Tousi, I certainly can relate for not wanting to be a burden to that, haha but yes, I was also told that it was impolite, unproperly to use that "Xmas" Term. So I usually would say Christmas out of respect for others, hoping not to offend them.

Endymion -

My understanding of the context is that because Christianity was trying to gain momentum then, it was very easy for the fellows in charge to change the celebration of Jesus' birth to the 25th. The strategy seemed to work. Instead of celebrating Mithra, people were now celebrating Jesus. Similar festival, different figure. It made the transition easier for people to swallow.
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So you're saying that the term - "Xmas" itself was created by those christians in order to get more people to get involved to celebrate Christmas?
 
Jolie_77 said:
So you're saying that the term - "Xmas" itself was created by those christians in order to get more people to get involved to celebrate Christmas?
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Oops. I may have misread you. I was talking about the day itself, not the term X-mas. I place the blame on my blonde hair. ;)

Tousi's right. X-mas is because X resembles the Greek letter Χ (chi). Chi has often historically been used as an abbreviation for Christ (Χριστός in Greek).
 
Endymion said:
Oops. I may have misread you. I was talking about the day itself, not the term X-mas. I place the blame on my blonde hair. ;)

Tousi's right. X-mas is because X resembles the Greek letter Χ (chi). Chi has often historically been used as an abbreviation for Christ (Χριστός in Greek).
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Nah, It's all right ;) We all do have a blonde moment now and then.

As informative as it is about the day itself, I never knew about the pagan god Mithra being into the solace. Shows how much I am clueless about the pagan thing. I have heard very little about that section but I was told that the pagan doesn't believe into this kind of thing? Unless I'm wrong?

Ah! Now that explains very clearly where the X comes from, Many thanks!

By the way, I'm always hungry for the knowledge. As I was told, the knowledge is the power and I believe it is true to it's form ;)
 
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