In keeping with the theme of this thread... a holiday kitten...

I'm Roman Catholic. I would have no reason to be offended if someone wished me "Merry Xmas".


wooops, for non-christians.....eeeeeeeeeeek, maybe i shoulda had an extra cuppa today

Then buy a live one and plant it or donate it to a local park/family. I can't in any way advocate or tolerate the murder of a tree for such a silly reason. The tree-hugging hippie in me comes out when it comes to nature being used as the play-thing of humans....

go here for your holiday greetings.......
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;#entry1335861

Excellent idea! I'll do that.

i didn't read any of the replies...but my answer is NO! i'm sick of all this PC sh*t and can't fathom why anyone would be offended for saying merry xmas, happy channukah, kwanza, or WHATEVER. its just well wishes. people need to lighten up...sheesh.

voted.

Is it war on xmas season again?

apparently. time to lawyer up.

I am an Atheist and I love Christmas....religious people have great holidays!

Absolutely. Chocolate eggs at Easter and turkey at Christmas. Not to mention Christmas pudd, crackers and pressies!

the "perceived" war on Christmas, cuz it seems all the non-Christians here are quite ok with well wishes.....AND goodies to eat!!!

Quoted for tr00f!

Brings to mind the Christmas trees in the SeaTac Airport from last year. Someone complained and threatened to sue. The trees came down. EVERYONE else complained and the trees went back up People offered to bring menorahs and other decorations honoring different religions, but it came to no fruition.

I am Catholic and obviously I'm not offended. But I don't mind "Happy Holidays" either. I don't care what people say, what I wish is that people were a little kinder overall during the season. Many are, sure, but man it gets tiring to see people b!tching and complaining because lines are long or traffic is bad. DUH it's a busy season. Get over yourself, drink some damn cocoa and move on.

(oh, sorry)

Peace on earth and goodwill toward all.

Oh, you're expecting someone to check ... "I'm not covered by the choices above "... how sensitive of you ... who wants to be called a “not covered” .. do you?

So what this poll really says to someone is … I won't mention you because I don't want to be bothered knowing about your religion, so I'm calling you ... "I'm not covered by the choices above " ... pfft

btw: I didn't vote .. yet another BS Poll

Personally I would not be offended at all. I wouldn't be offended is someone wished me a Happy Hanukkah, for example- I'm not Jewish. I would just wish them the same.

My husband and I have different religious backgrounds (he's Christian, I'm Jewish - although neither of us is strongly observant), and neither of us would be offended by any kind of well-meaning holiday greeting. If someone wishes me a Happy Anything, I'd smile and wish them the same back.

While I think it's silly to be offended by someone's choice of greeting, I also don't see a problem with people wanting to avoid offending others, especially living in a diverse city like New York where there's always a good chance the person you're greeting isn't Christian. I've found that most people, even if they're not offended at all by a sincere Merry Xmas (especially coming from someone they don't know well), do appreciate you showing interest in their culture and finding out what they actually celebrate.

Well said.

Not offended ... just commenting. The choices are very few ...

Ok, so who wants to post the updated version of this poll using the following list (which still leaves some out)?

Christianity
* Roman Catholic Church
* Eastern Orthodox Church
* African Initiated Church
* Pentecostalism
* Reformed/Presbyterian/Congregational/United
* Anglicanism/Episcopal Church
* Baptist
* Methodism
* Lutheran
* Jehovah's Witnesses
* Latter-day Saints
* Adventists
* Apostolic/New Apostolic
* Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
* New Thought (Unity, Christian Science, etc.)
* Brethren (incl. Plymouth)
* Mennonite
* Friends/Quakers

Islam
* Sunni
* Shia
* Ahmadi
* Druze

Secular/irreligious/agnostic/atheist/antitheistic/antireligious

Hinduism
* Vaishnavism
* Shaivism
* Neo-Hindus and Reform Hindus
* Veerashaivas/Lingayats

Chinese folk religion

Buddhism
* Mahayana
* Theravada
* Vajrayana/Tibetan

Primal indigenous (tribal religions)

African traditional and diasporic

Sikhism

Spiritism

Judaism
* Conservative
* Unaffiliated and Secular
* Reform
* Orthodox
* Reconstructionist

Bahá'í Faith

Jainism
* Svetambara
* Sthanakvasi
* Digambar

Shinto

Cao Dai

Falun Gong

Tenrikyo

Neopaganism (Wicca, Druidism, Asatru, etc)

Unitarian Universalism

Rastafari

Scientology

Zoroastrianism

"I am Muslim and no" to both.

I don't know why saying "Merry Christmas" to non-Christians would offend them. I like it when people, Muslim and not, say "Happy Eid" to me.

Christmas is awesome. It's fukking merry. Everyone should appreciate this glorious consumerist holiday and put up a dayum tree. This atheist Jew can't wait to decorate.

Fixx0rd that for ya!

I love it

I love Christmas too.

Actually, I constructed this poll solely to piss you off.

Success!

Had to giggle at the above...

that's the job of arjit/agent smith/gupt/vj troll.......

thank you brother steven..i think it is an exceptional poll (note; remember that during christmas bonuse)

Husband and I are Muslim. I voted no and yes. I love Christmas...the lights, decorations, trees, presents, cookies...all of it. As my oldest son says....it's such a cozy time of the year. I have my fresh wreath that I ordered from the boss's son sitting on my desk ready to be put up later tonight. The kids and I are putting up the tree this weekend. I adore this time of year.

Click to view attachmentI know I cant vote on this poll bcz I am a Christian... but I Love Christmas, I love saying Merry Christmas, I love the cold weather, the time with family and friends, singing Christmas songs (wish it was playing earlier on the radio too) the different food, giving presents to loved ones, and remembering to celebrate love and life.

Im unusual... this year for Christmas... I did a VERY unnormal thing! I bought a PINK Christmas tree from walmart. The 4ft cutie sized tree... with pink and purple lights and put lil purple ornaments on it ! I just love my PINK tree...
-Tam

Merry Christmas to Everyone

Wiccan/Pagan here. I don't get offended by people saying Merry Xmas, I'd probably be pleased that they took the time and effort to wish me anything nice at all as most people nowadays don't seem to give a shite. Hubby on the other hand, is Baptist and he would probably be offended if you wished him anything but "Bah Humbug" LOL I love Christmas I love the pretty lights I love giving pressies to the people I care about I love watching my daughter get all excited about it For me though, christmas is mostly about family, I have a huge family, who fight and squabble and bicker and refuse to talk to one another all the time, but at christmas time everyone forgets about all the BS and just be nice to each other. it's great!

Personally I think the people who do complain are just small minded people in need of something important to occupy their minds!