As I've written here before, I think that among the phoniest of phony outrages is when someone claims that someone else has stopped them from saying "Merry Christmas." I absolutely understand why some businesses tell their salespeople to use more inclusive greetings like "Happy Holidays" or "Best wishes for the Holidays!" or "Joy to the World." It's another way of saying you welcome the spending of the few non-Christians who might think there's an implied exclusion in "Merry Christmas."
I think it's dumb, when someone says "Merry Christmas" to you to think they're suggesting something of the sort. But I think it's a lot dumber to think that "Happy Holidays" is a negative…about the institution of Christmas or anything else. When You-Know-Who in the White House brags he's changed America so it's safe to say "Merry Christmas" again, he might as well be saying "I've reversed the ban on chocolate ice cream!"
I just saw a clip of him on TV taking credit for the M.C. ban. This is a time of year when there should be Peace on Earth. Actually, all times are good times for Peace on Earth but we'll never get there if we can't do it in the latter half of December. We should not be looking to demonize people who express benevolent sentiments just because they're not the "right" benevolent sentiments. And that's the last I'll say about You-Know-Who here until December 26 unless he does something really, really hateful or criminal. Please…be good to each other.