"Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"?

If you know a person's religion or preferences, don't you think it's a courtesy to honor them? Why shouldn't a non-Jew wish a Jew a Happy Hannukah?

As a Jew, I wish my non-Jewish friends and neighbors Merry Christmas, and I get wished a Merry Christmas, all the time. After all, people mean well, whatever the words they use. It irritates me only when I know that the person who is wishing me Merry Christmas *knows* that I'm Jewish and that I don't celebrate Christmas. To me that's a sign of lack of consideration.

Apparently "Happy Holidays" offends some devout Christians who resent the secularization of their religious holiday. But if you really are unsure of a person's beliefs, Happy Holidays seems safest. After all, all of us have holidays.

Perhaps we should all listen for the intention of the greeting, and focus less on the wording?

Well: yes according to American Holidays we will just

say Merry Christmas during December 25th ! and that

would be Seasons Greetings also the very best Approprate

word ever known "

i prefer to spread holiday cheer with merry christmas. people should not be offended or anything if you say merry christmas even when they are jewish or a different religion. i celebrate christmas but if someone told me happy hanukkah, i would take as i would any holiday greeting, i would say "thank you" or "you too!" :]

Merry Christmas! And I don't see anything wrong with a non-Jew saying Happy Hannukah.

Happy birthday, Jesus!

Merry Christmas has become too secular!