“If a Muslim comes in and feels left out because of no Ramadan cards, he/she should ask for a section for that as well.”
Or he/she could thank god that his/her religion hadn’t succumbed to such crass commercialism. 
And Rider :
"Yep, maybe. And the Muslims would probably blow up the Coke headquarters cos it’s against Islamic law to portray an image on Mohammed. "
A truly ugly and unenlightened comment.
I don’t read the OP as suggesting any massive change in the way our secular society celebrates “that December holiday.” Just registering the irony of a society celebrating a holiday named after the religious figure it supposedly honors, yet being, seemingly, afraid to use said figure’s alternate name. (By the way, I think the term the OP wanted was NON-SECTARIAN.)
If I happened to hang around with a circle of religious Jews, I wouldn’t be particularly offended if I were frequently included in “Happy Hannukah” or some other such expression. I don’t think I would bother to correct the person. He wasn’t witnessing or proselytizing, just including me in the sort of “best wishes” that have meaning to HIM. I would rather have a Muslim wish me a sincere “Happy Ramadan” than a forced and insincere “Merry Chistmas” or an unfelt and virtually meaningless “Happy Holidays.”
Do conservative Christians believe that their faith requires them to openly and publically reject the specific holiday greetings of other faiths? (“Thou shalt have no other gods before me!”) Didn’t the Pope accept various Islamic blessings when he travelled to the Middle East–and even offer some?
Is it a requirement of Judaism that a practicing Jew “stand up and be recognized” in such a situation? I ask, sincerely, because I have noted these instances of apparent offense-taking in the workplace environment; and it has never been the case that Catholics have expressed doctrinal objections to Protestant elements in Christmas decorations or greetings, nor have atheists or agnostics raised an issue about the fact that a holiday associated with religious belief is being given official recognition.
There was a time when some women took umbrage if a man held open the door for her: my (selfish) position was that pleasant, well-meaning people ought not be given cause to regret their pleasantries, and I think the same about “Merry Christmas.”
carnalK…why is it “A truly ugly and unenlightened comment.”
A newspaper in Nigeria recently made a lighthearted comment about Mohammed’s potential views on the Miss World contest, and Muslims in that nation went onto the streets and slaughtered 200 innocent bystanders as a mark of their dissaproval. I think that my Coke Headquarters theory is highly probable, and certainly less ugly than this fact.
I think celebrating Christmas should be totally forbidden as it is just an excuse which encourages young people to have sex: The Santa Claus Effect
Scott Dickerson
I cannot claim to speak for Judaism (and would loudly shout down anyone who does), so can only talk for myself as a practising (and still hoping to get it right ;j) Jew. See my post halfway up this page …
If some Jew you know has taken offense, I guess that’s their business - people are unfortunately free to be as rude as they choose. If they said that they were doing it because they were required to do so by their religion, then they earn the label of being untruthful as well as unsociable, and a pox on them.
I must say the Inquisitions and witchhunts are very ugly too.
Yeah, they were, when they happened a few hundred years ago that is.
It was ugly when Christians were raping and murdering Muslims in Serbia too.
Not the Salam witchhunt. Then there are various interesting little tidbits such as you couldn’t be a witness in a court of law if you were an atheist. What about those people firebombing abortion clinics and murdering doctors?
It just shows that one religion isn’t above another.
The Salem Witch Trials were in 1692. And if you’re blaming the abortion clinic firebombings on Christians, that sort of action is denouced by the the major Christian denominations, and the people doing them are acting on their own.