JMak
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While it has been known for quite some time, I think maybe we're just getting out of a time when Christianity is considered dominate and the only religion in this country worth acknowledging.
Huh? Until just recently this country felt that Christianity was the dominate culture group and the only religion worth acknowledging? :roll:
As I said, things change. I think people have become well more open to the concept of differing religions,
This happened, uh, like, 200 years ago...no?
and more so than just the different flavors of Christianity which already existed. People have become well more tolerant and aware. And as people's perception changes, the stores whom cater to them change as well to reflect that change in perception.
I don't think retailers are changing to Happy Holidays as a reflection of their perception that Americans are becoming more tolerant.
I don't think people were necessarily offended by Merry Christmas even if not Christian. I think that people just thought it'd be nice to include everyone, since you can't tell religion (usually) by external appearances, they've decided to adopt rhetoric that is more inclusive to the whole. I don't think any of this is forced. I think it's just that society and people have changed, and in a capitalistic nation; business will always change to reflect that.
I don't see how wishing shoppers a "Merry Christmas" would exclude anyone.
But we're a rather open and tolerant people,
Not according to people like Michelle Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Jess Jackson, Harry Reid, et al.
and as such the companies have looked at what they had been doing and decided that it would be better to change it. There's nothing really wrong with what they did.
Good for you. However, for people who see this as a further watering down of our culture simply for the sake of maulticulturalism (in other words, destroying American culture), well, it's a big deal, obviously.