Mrs.Gumshoes Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 My .02 is... hearing "Merry Christmas" while I am spending money will probably put me in a better mood. So I will be spending more money! Everyone wins!!!
jennybean Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 Happy or Merry what ever you want to celebrate I don't care. I'll say Merry Christmas because that is what I celebrate. You can wish me Happy Hanukah if you want. It is the thought that counts.I agree. I don't care what you say as long as you say it happily . How about an article that says "Wal-Mart will have all registers running through Christmas to make checking out easier" instead of 4 out of 30 registers open.And here I always thought is was just our WalMart that NEVER has enough registers open
HBKitmitto Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 and whatever Scientologists celebrate...I dunno...Happy Spaceship Day or something. Hahahaha!! That was the first time I actually started cracking up after reading something online.
HBKitmitto Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I don't get offended. If someone said happy Chanukah, happy solstice, happy romadan, I would simply reply by saying 'Same to you'. How anyone can be offended by someone extending a greeting of any kind is ridiculous? Now adays if someone can at least aknowledge your presence without a dirty look or a bad word we should be happy (sad but true) ..... Too much PC and not enough politiness and common sense. P.S.- Merry Christmas This is exactly how I feel. The world has just gone overboard with political correctness.
89MustangGX Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 Personally, what offends me is when a store chooses to promote a single religion's holidays. That's why my feeling has always been keep it generic or celebrate them all. Other holidays, such as Hanukkah, had nothing to do with giving presents until the 20th Century, I believe, when many wanted an equivalent to Christmas. It's really a pretty low level holiday in the grand scheme of things and that is why you will likely not hear many people wishing others "Happy Hanukkah" or taking the days off work or keeping kids home from school. That doesn't mean there aren't many people celebrating it. Just something to keep in mind when forming opinions about how many people celebrate this and that and what's appropriate to say to others. Adam
MandaJo111 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I think that it is great that they are saying Merry Christmas. It does not offend me either way really though. As far as walmarts and registers. I don't get why they have so many. They hardly ever open more than half of them anyway. It is all over not just your store. I promise.
arrowpolisher Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 My take on it is that while I think it should be Merry Christmas, the employees should be allowed to say whichever. They should not be barred from saying Merry Christmas but if they want to say Happy Holidays also that should be fine. I am glad that they are bringing it back.
believet Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 We are allowed to say Merry Christmas. Even if we couldnt I would say it anyway because Jesus is the reason for the Season!
mccabefamily29 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 I like to hear Merry Christmas, but Happy Holidays was fine too.
sissykus Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I personally like Merry Christmas but having employees say Happy Holidays makes sense because they can say that until after New Years and before Thanksgiving to cover all the Holidays, heck why not say it year round and be covered.
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