Happy Holidays is not there to exclude Christmas. Its there to include all the other winter holidays, as well as Christmas. Thats what "Holidays" means. Plural. We aren’t ignoring Christmas. We're embracing EVERYONE. Including , Christmas, three wise men, Jesus, all of it. That phrase includes Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Yule, New Years and any other holiday of the season you want to throw in there. So does Seasons Greetings.

Walmart (I cannot believe I am defending them) or any other store is not pulling bibles off the shelf and burning them. Its not refusing to sell crosses in the jewelry department. Its not taking down its Christmas trees and santa clauses. Its not excluding the relgious fundamentalists, its including everyone.

And by the way, the only people in history so far that have lobbied to make Christmas a "Sin" was...anyone...anyone? The puritans, right here in New England.....because Christmas is a blend of Christian Beliefs and Pagan ones. And they thought it was Un-Christian.

This isnt about being afraid that religion is being excluded. The majority of the country is still some form of Christian

Its about making fundamental Christianity thing the only recognized thing in the country...and thats why the PC gets pushed too far.

Yes, I could care less that the tree in town square is called a Christmas tree. But you wanna know why the sad PC folks are trying to get it called a holiday tree? Really? Because it’s the rabid religious right, who really just want everything to be their holiday and their religion, and screw anyone out there who isnt. They cannot wait to send the local pentacle wearing Wiccan back into the broom closet, or make it okay to start thinking of Jewish people as Christ Killers, or ban the local Muslim family from town.

Because Happy Holidays may be Picky. Holiday tree may be redundant. But holiday still includes them. Christmas alone and nothing else excludes me, mine, and anyone else who doesn’t think their book is the direct IM to god

And here they go making the majority of Christians who are nice, and even minded, look like nutty fundies.

They a minority. Because I believe from what I'm reading, most Christians who actually get the "Goodwill toward men part" of the birthday of the prince of peace...the guy that said "Do unto others as you would have them do to you". (Luke 6:31) ......they get it. They get that when I say "Happy Holidays" thats what I'm doing....I'm using something that includes everyone.

And I get it that when they tell me Merry Christmas, its not pushing their religion on me. Its using a greeting that is a blessing from their point of view. Both are belssings.

Because if I say "Blessed Yule" the same people that are protesting Walmart get offended that I'm pushing my religion on them. And thats just as stupid as people who get angry that someone wished them a merry Christmas. (And honestly the religious right are more likely to be pushing a religious agenda by saying merry Christmas, if history shows itself to be true.)

As a store, Walmart and all the others, are looking to include as many people in their greeting. Its good business. Its also easier than having to change the signs (And cheaper) between Thanksgiving and New Years.

I'd like to reach out a hand to everyone and say this: Christians and Non-Christians alike, say Happy Holidays this year. Not because you are ashamed of your religion, or trying to PC it. Because we understand what that phrase really means. That it carries the best of the spirit of Christianity, Wicca, Judaism, and all the others...the idea that we are to be kind to others and include everyone in our blessings.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

"War on Christmas"? How about the Christians' yearly assault on Halloween? I'll wish them a Merry Christmas when they acknowledge Yule or Alban Arthuan. Until that mythic time, Happy Holidays!

I've read the bible and the teachings of Jesus and everything I've read has lead me to believe that he was a liberal - feed the starving masses, forgive those that have sinned, love one another as you love yourself, etc. I'm also very sure that, according to normal Jewish practices, Jesus was not born in the winter. That does mean that Christians shouldn't be able to choose a conveniant time to celebrate his birth. I agree with everyone who thinks that the Christmas holiday has been stolen from the Christians and used as an excuse to rack up the yearend profits. When I think of Christmas, I think of going to my church to celebrate, not to the store to buy gifts, although, I do that, as well. I am a liberal thinker and a member of the ACLU. I am worried about the current administration's apparent desire to usurp our civil rights as outlined in the constitution, which is what the ACLU works to keep from happening. One of those rights is religious freedom. They work tirelessly for that among other causes.

I get angry with the "moral right" as they spout religion and then act in such absolutely unchristianlike ways. It is true that most of our founding fathers were Cristians, but they were also all about religious freedom - not just Christan freedom. When I yhink of the religious right, I think of all of the hate that they project on those of us who follow a different path. They should be invoking Christian love for every one as Jesus did, but I just don't see it coming from them. I do see it coming from the liberal Christians who do their best to accomodate everyone else's seasonal holidays by not foisting one over the other.

In her little rant about Christmas, Michelle Goldbrick says the war on Christmas doesn't

exist. Fine! And pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. Fact is, Goldbrick, you lose.

The retail industry's main goal is for you to buy something. They will jump on any excuse you might have, including Lincoln's birthday, to not only excite you to shop, but woo you into their establishments.

One reason you might shop is to buy a present for someone. In the very late fall, a majority of the population is not only buying one present for someone, but many presents for many people, to the delight of the retail stores (and hopefully the delight of the recipients).

Some people buy presents in the late fall because they are Christians and are buying Christmas gifts. Some people are Jewish and are buying Hanukah presents. Some people work in mind-numbing cubicles and have been roped into being "Secret Santas" for people they wouldn't speak to on the street if they could help it.

What is wrong with the stores reminding people that, Christian or not, there are lots of reasons to buy lots of gifts for lots of people this month? (Other than mindless consumerism, of course.)

Personally, I'd like to get Wal-Mart to have a banner that says, "Don't forget to buy something for Jill, she wants a new laptop! Any holiday excuse will do!"