Actually, 'Merry Christmas' doesn't bother me so much. Most people forget the 'true meaning of Christmas' before the middle of December anyway.
What really gets my goat is when people say things like "you have a blessed day" or "god bless you dearie" or anything like that. It usually annoys me because I'm most often at work at the time so the only 'polite' and 'bow down because the customer is always right' response I can give is "Thank you" or "You too". I can't say, "well thanks but I don't want your blessing" or any of the things I'd like to say.... (insert any story from christianity and then proceed to tell the customer where that story REALLY came from [a slightly earlier religion that all the peasants were clinging onto]).
So no, merry christmas doesn't bother me any more than happy hanukah or kwanzaa.
Although I will say I've never been wished a 'happy' the latter two.
What really gets my goat is when people say things like "you have a blessed day" or "god bless you dearie" or anything like that. It usually annoys me because I'm most often at work at the time so the only 'polite' and 'bow down because the customer is always right' response I can give is "Thank you" or "You too". I can't say, "well thanks but I don't want your blessing" or any of the things I'd like to say.... (insert any story from christianity and then proceed to tell the customer where that story REALLY came from [a slightly earlier religion that all the peasants were clinging onto]).
So no, merry christmas doesn't bother me any more than happy hanukah or kwanzaa.
Although I will say I've never been wished a 'happy' the latter two.
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