I heard that. It seems weird to me that people were ever told not to. I do not think saying Merry Christmas is automatically hateful to Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Atheists. At worst, it is just neglectful of other holidays.

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Elections have consequences.

There was this old guy at Jewel working as a cashier last holiday season and after every customer paid he said "Merry Christmas".

The way he said it though had me laughing. He did it in a " fuck you, I'm a proud Christian" kind of way, standing up straight, with his head held up high and a stern look on his face.

He was doing his part for the war.

Seems like some people believe removing religious symbols from government property is a War on Christmas

I don't agree with that

Happy Holidays is more inclusive. There is no reason for anyone to get mad at it.

"Merry Christmas" is not hateful but there is no reason for anyone to get upset that people didn't say "Merry Christmas". That is where this whole thing comes from.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Are you serious? That's usually the first thing brought up in the War on Christmas discussions.

What does "The War on Christmas" mean to you? How was it lost?

Hatchetman is going to call you a bigot!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yeah, I don't quite understand why people get a bug up their ass over that...

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"Holidays" include Hanukkah, Ramadan, Christmas and Kwanzaa.

Being inclusive is really discriminatory.

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Greed won the war on Christmas...started late 1800s, probably finished it off after WWII.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

This is the Christmas season.

If you don't like it, move to Russia.

or wait for Russia to take over the US through election manipulations.

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The ironic part with the "Keep Christ in Christmas" is that Christmas was actually an idea stolen from the pagans and others.

I had to laugh at this. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081102155529AA2FR6L

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Now greed on the other hand may have been invented by the church!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Perhaps, but it was railed against strongly by Jesus. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Yep. The angry Merry Christmas. Co worker regales us with stories of IN YOUR FACE Merry Christmas wishes

I'm gonna ask you to step out of your comfort zone and type a longer post truly expressing your thoughts on this.

I do remember seeing someone upset at the "Xmas" instead of Christmas thing.

Seems like wasted energy but I kinda see the point

commercialism. back in the day you'd get the day off and go to church and have dinner with family and get an orange if you are lucky. Celebrate the birth of Jesus! yay! Go back to work the next day.

now the average family spends thousands of dollars on crap that nobody needs to support the Chinese communists! yay Xmas!

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Good stuff

Were talking about different wars but good

well once you lost the war I'm talking about who cares what you call it?

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Good point

Did they decorate the racing trailer too?

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I can't even been to understand how deep somebody's mental problems must be to suggest that there is a war on Christmas.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I'm still wrapping my head around what mentality it takes to try to assault a pizzeria to break up a child sex ring like your some redneck version of Liam Neeson from Taken.

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http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/12 ... t-fashion/

Remember what happened in towns all across America after the 9/11 terrorist attacks? U.S. flags were scooped off shelves and began flying everywhere — porches, storefronts and even car windows.

The message to America’s enemies was clear: “Our resolve is way stronger than your hatred.”

A similar phenomenon has occurred in one Indiana town after the American Civil Liberties Union sued it — over a cross sitting atop the town’s Christmas tree.

Now many in the 2,100-strong burg of Knightstown are fighting back.

In defense of the cross display, hundreds of residents placed crosses in their yards, stores, windows — and, yes, their cars.

“I just thought we should rebel some way or let him know how we feel,” resident Patricia Hutson told WXIN-TV.

It was Hutson’s idea to make over 200 wooden crosses and give them out for free, the station said — and by the time a vigil supporting the Christmas tree cross commenced Sunday night, almost all of them were snapped up.

“I hope they make people realize that we should speak up for what we believe in and stand up for it and not be pushed around,” Hutson added to WXIN.

The ACLU sued Knightstown on behalf of resident Joseph Tompkins, saying the tree cross violates his First Amendment rights guaranteeing separation of church and state and demanding the cross’ removal and payment of damages to Tompkins for being “forced to come into direct and unwelcome contact with the cross display” daily, the station reported.

“Just because one person’s offended doesn’t mean they have to take away one particular thing,” resident Cynthia Sturgill noted to WXIN.

“To me it’s not a religious display,” she continued to the station. “It’s not all about just Christianity. It’s about memorial, loss of family, loved ones, the veterans. The Jefferson Memorial has tons of crosses, millions of crosses for veterans.”

Neither Tompkins nor town officials commented to the station about the lawsuit, but Sturgill said she’s ready to battle.

“As long as I’m around and family, friends, town, we’ll fight it every bit of the way,” she told WXIN. “We don’t want the cross to come down.”

I'm sure people in Knightsville, Indiana love themselves some cross burning.

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GO BEARS!!!

I wouldn't say there's a "war on Christmas", but I don't think a person is insane for thinking it's pretty two-faced for a retailer to make its year by selling Christmas presents while pretending that it's selling them for some other reason, like some vague "holiday". Everyone knows exactly what holiday it is. Except Killer V who apparently doesn't know Ramadan doesn't start until May.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Kwanzaa is a pretty big deal in my house. I would like a little more respect and recognition for our holiday and traditions but I don't complain.

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GO BEARS!!!