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if a department store had greeting rules that its employees could only say happy holidays

if a department store had greeting rules that its employees could only say happy holidays you

  • Couldn't care less and would go on with your life

    Votes: 70 93.3%

  • Would be offended, think it’s wrong but would still shop there

    Votes: 2 2.7%

  • Would be offended, think it’s wrong but would NOT shop there

    Votes: 3 4.0%
  • Total voters
    75
I have not been inside a department store in years, and the ones which remain likely will not be here for long. The long agreed best of breed Nordstrom has been in free fall like the rest, the family wanted to try to save it by taking it private again, but could not find any bankers who believe in the project enough to give them a payable interest rate.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...emanded-interest-rate-the-family-couldn-t-pay
 
truthatallcost said:
Well, there's really 3 that we've celebrated traditionally in the US: Christmas, New Years Eve & New Years Day. Of course some people celebrate hannakah, Kwanza, L. Ron Hubbard's glorious ascension to the Starship Enterprise, and others. But when we say 'happy holidays', we're really indirectly referring to Christmas.
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Holidays is plural. Christmas is a single holiday.
 
bearpoker said:
Don't forget Winter Solstice, the most ancient of all the winter holidays. Personally, I think we should bring back Saturnalia.
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You don't think your neighbors would mind the human sacrifice and orgies? Hmm, you must have some pretty tolerant neighbors.
 
bearpoker said:
It became a big deal when the Christian right needed evidence for how persecuted and in danger they are. Since FOX NEWS has taken it up for their annual War on Christmas bull****. It was fake news before fake news was cool.
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Your post hit on everything from "Christian right" to "Fake News" and "War On Christmas." Thanks for the post with such biting political debate, and not a trace of hatred or political hackery.
 
I had a rough neck Jewish friend back in Boston who loved the Christmas and Hanukkah holidays. His mom & pop actually decorated the front of the house for Christmas, and the inside for Hanukkah.

The Krasnik's were a pretty cool family.
 
The only people who are "offended" by someone wishing you a "Happy Holidays" are the self righteous "Christian" wannabes that feel the need to shove their perverted version of Christianity down everyone's throat. Most people I know aren't offended by "Merry Christmas", "Happy Hannakah" or Happy Holidays. Most people accept the friendly gesture for what it is.
 
Black Dog said:
I don't see why it is such a big deal. Back in the day I thought "Happy Holidays" Meant: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and New Year all at one time. I don't know when it became anti Christmas, but I think it's silly.

That is just my opinion.
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It still means that....and it still isn't "Anti-Christmas" except in the minds of the self righteous, self-persecuted few who needed something to feel offended about.
 
If conservative Christians really want to get outraged about the "secular takeover of Christmas," then they should focus on the fact that Christmas shopping ads now air starting after Halloween.

"Happy holidays," "Merry Christmas," whatever floats your boat.
 
I voted "who gives a flying (insert bad word here).
 
I couldn't care less. If the people who work there don't like the rules their employer puts on them, they can find other jobs. If you're so shallow that you care what some clerk says to you in a store, you've got problems.
 
Black Dog said:
I don't know when it became anti Christmas, but I think it's silly. That is just my opinion.
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It's not an opinion really, it's a fact that it was an organized effort on the part of the right, to make this a public issue, specifically in opposition to "democrats/liberals/PC stuff", and in that way it is "silly". Although I think absurd, deplorable, etc., give a little more weight. I mean, people will literally be made and spew hate this Holiday season as a direct result of the right wing crusade. But some people like that, it makes they believe, America great, again.
 
disneydude said:
It still means that....and it still isn't "Anti-Christmas" except in the minds of the self righteous, self-persecuted few who needed something to feel offended about.
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OK. And you just had to respond to me to??? Tell me what I already know? Hehehe! Just messin with you. Of course your post sounds just a bit "self righteous" as well.
 
Mach said:
It's not an opinion really, it's a fact that it was an organized effort on the part of the right, to make this a public issue, specifically in opposition to "democrats/liberals/PC stuff", and in that way it is "silly". Although I think absurd, deplorable, etc., give a little more weight. I mean, people will literally be made and spew hate this Holiday season as a direct result of the right wing crusade. But some people like that, it makes they believe, America great, again.
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OK. This is getting old. What part of "I think it's silly" do I need to explain to people in detail, to get them to stop feeling they need to post what I already know?
 
Black Dog said:
I don't see why it is such a big deal. Back in the day I thought "Happy Holidays" Meant: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and New Year all at one time. I don't know when it became anti Christmas, but I think it's silly.

That is just my opinion.
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A holiday victim card. Don't even try to tell those people lying to children about Santa is wrong and creepy. They're too busy victimizing their children and buying respect.

Just sayin'
 
I am not offended. I am just saddened.
 
truthatallcost said:
I don't understand the phrase 'happy holidays' to begin with; it's like alluding to something (Christmas), but refusing to use the actual word. Psychologists might refer to this as repression, idk.
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Or maybe it is a catchall for various holidays that occur around the same time. :roll:
 
Geoist said:
Or maybe it is a catchall for various holidays that occur around the same time. :roll:
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..the BIGGEST one being Christmas, correct? The phrase 'Happy Holidays' wouldn't exist if Christmas didn't exist, correct? So lets all stop pretending that Christmas is akin to the N-word. Idk, that just makes sense to me for some reason.
 
truthatallcost said:
..the BIGGEST one being Christmas, correct? The phrase 'Happy Holidays' wouldn't exist if Christmas didn't exist, correct? So lets all stop pretending that Christmas is akin to the N-word. Idk, that just makes sense to me for some reason.
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You know when I hear most people say "Merry Christmas?" On Christmas. Just as everyone says "Happy 4th of July/Thanksgiving/Labor Day on those actual days.
 
Geoist said:
You know when I hear most people say "Merry Christmas?" On Christmas. Just as everyone says "Happy 4th of July/Thanksgiving/Labor Day on those actual days.
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Now I may just have to take issue with that sir. You see, I have relatives from Oklahoma who are 100% Native American. Every time somebody brings up Independence Day or Thanksgiving, my native American relative may feel offended, because of obvious wrongs done to their ancestors.

Should we encourage people to not reference Independence Day, because it may offend someone?
 
truthatallcost said:
Now I may just have to take issue with that sir. You see, I have relatives from Oklahoma who are 100% Native American. Every time somebody brings up Independence Day or Thanksgiving, my native American relative may feel offended, because of obvious wrongs done to their ancestors.

Should we encourage people to not reference Independence Day, because it may offend someone?
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Changing the topic, I see.
 
Geoist said:
Changing the topic, I see.
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If we exclude every custom from society because it may offend someone, we won't be the USA any longer, we'll be some hideous mutation of our former selves. That's all I'm saying. Peace out Geoist.
 
Black Dog said:
I don't see why it is such a big deal. Back in the day I thought "Happy Holidays" Meant: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and New Year all at one time. I don't know when it became anti Christmas, but I think it's silly.

That is just my opinion.
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That's what I always thought, too. It's a lot easier to say "Happy Holidays" and cover everyone all at once. But nooooo...... people had to turn it into a thing.
 
disneydude said:
It still means that....and it still isn't "Anti-Christmas" except in the minds of the self righteous, self-persecuted few who needed something to feel offended about.
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Can't wait to see what Starbucks comes up with this year for their coffee cups. :lol:
 
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