Saying Happy Holidays is not an insult to Christains

There are a number of people, mainly religious conservatives who would like you to believe that saying happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas is somehow tying to take Christ out of Christmas. Stores like Target have asked their employees to wish shoppers Happy Holidays instead of a Merry Christmas. Some are saying that this is another example of liberals trying to eliminate the true meaning of Christmas. It is not just stores doing this. Some communities now have holiday celebrations instead of Christmas celebrations. and some are offended by this because in their mind it is an insult. How dare someone try to use such a generic term to describe the day that their lord was born. Just read any open forum section of a local paper this time of year and the religious conservatives are up in arms about this. What many of them fail to realize is that quite a few religious celebrations happen around the time that Christians celebrate Christmas. Hanukkah, sorry about the spelling begins on December twenty fifth. and there are others as well. Think about it this way. Saying happy holidays is an all encompassing term. it is not meant as an insult. Most stores and community events organizers understand that not everyone who is shopping or attending a community event is celebrating Christmas. Many are celebrating other religious holidays and some aren't celebrating anything. Truly Christian Christmas events are not being changed at all. You don't have to worry about a local official telling your church you cannot call you program a Christmas program. However I can see why a local school would call their program a holiday program. Not all kids in school are Christian. They should not be made to feel like outcasts just because they celebrate a different holiday. I get the impression that many Christians think they own December. Well, guess what, you don't. There are other religions in the world and they have as much right to be recognized during this time of year as Christmas does. So to include everyone it is called the Holiday season. It is not meant to be insulting to Christians. So from a Christian to all other chrysalis and those of other religions have a happy Holiday season.