Tonight is both Christmas Eve & the first night of Hanukkah. If you’re doing last minute shopping, how should the clerk end your transaction since Merry Christmas is too religious for the PC’ers but Happy Holidays is not religious enough for others?
I prefer “Merry Ramakwahaanimas” or “Vaya con juevos,” myself.
They should say whatever they want, without the douchebags on either side getting pissy.
Personally, I prefer to go with, “Here’s your shit. Now get the hell out of here!”
Happy Chrismakwanzasolstikah!
I want my Merry Christmas. I am not going to have one but I at least want the lip-service.
I say “Merry Christmas” because I’m a Christian and that’s what I celebrate. If someone wishes me a Happy Something Else because that’s what *they *celebrate, that’s fine and dandy. I’ll take it in the spirit in which it was offered and be happy for them.
No Franken-holidays for me, thanks. But if *that’s *what you’re into, more power to you. It’s all good.
He’s the Christmas rapist! He rapes on Christmas!
Holidays etymologically means holy days.
On the list of things I just don’t care about, this greeting kerfuffle ranks pretty high. Life’s too short to go out of your way to be offended by something as inconsequential as this. Seriously!
So Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal!! 
Ain’t it da trute. I usually just respond with “Same to you” regardless of what is said.
Ditto this. I cannot believe this is even A Thing.
I prefer to look at the intent, rather than to be a jerk that picks on people’s words and makes it all about themselves. I didn’t celebrate for my entire life due to my religion and still never took offense. A “Merry Christmas” was just people wishing me well, so why get bothered. Now I can say “Merry Christmas” and I do, and if others get offended that’s their problem. It’s what the day is called. I do like the “Merry Everything” that my wife says sometimes. That’s good too. Just be happy. That’s kind of the point, not to make a big deal out of the words, though I do like the options in the poll very much.
December 25th at work (store cashier) I came up with “Whatever you celebrate, make it a good one!” Everybody loved it!
I think I originated the phrase “have a good one.” I hate the idea “Have a good day” because people don’t always have good days, but you do have good moments in the worst of them.