To add to the story Christmas has non-Christian origins even more, the tree is the most obvious sign of it, you can do quite the enriching research about this originally "pagan" celebration...

Yeah, I say "happy holidays" because not everyone celebrates Christmas, but I still say Christmas, and I'm agnostic. I don't really think it's as big of a deal as people like to make it out to be. Personally I roll my eyes at the idea of the alleged "war on Christmas".

I have not been a Christian for a long while. I am agnostic. I appreciate the traditions of my culture, though, and always feel a need to take the Christ out of Christmas because it is a part of it. I give Christmas and holiday greetings. I tend to use "happy holidays" more, though, as I mean to include a greeting for the New Year. I like to get everything covered.

I haven't noticed many non-Christians being very mega-offended by the Christ in Christmas. I've seen a lot of hype and chain-maily types of messages about it, though. I think that many non-Christians just like to cover everything, too. I have seen more irritation with "happy holidays". But that is just my experience.

My partner has said both "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays" to customers and has gotten yelled at for both. He's a really nice guy and gets nervous around customers. He was really saddened, he thought he was just being polite. He then switched to non-holiday phrases, frustrated.

If I were in a foreign country and I was given any type of polite local greeting or the like, I would take it as polite, even if I didn't agree with the history of the phrase.

I have been to "autumn parties", which are a neutral response to the pagan origin of Halloween. Although, Halloween is kind of an autumn celebration. ^_^' Oh, well.

Honestly, I'm a little fed up with political correctness sometimes, but if there is an easy way to make mostly everyone happy, OK.

It doesn't bother me mostly because I don't really see it as religous though it is... it's more just a tradition thing to me.

i say Merry Christmas to people just out of habit. this whole "Holiday" thing is so modern. i am saddened that saying Merry Christmas offends people. let's be honest, it may be rooted in Christianity and Religion, but it is not a Religious holiday to that extent anymore. it's a consumer holiday to the masses.

I don't care.

I have no problem with it. I think it's petty and annoying to argue about, really. xP I'm not Christian, but I celebrate the commercial gift-giving holiday of Christmas. I don't care if someone wants to wish me a happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, whatever! I will not be offended that they were being friendly to me

I'm offended by people who overstate the CHRIST part of the word as a passive aggressive, jerky move. Wishing someone well in any way is positive. My religion has "Holiday" from november to january, so I usually tell people Happy Holiday. There's nothing wrong with THAT, either, since it's a wish for positivity and happiness. Any wish for happiness is great, as far as I'm concerned. It's the douchebags who rail on about keeping the CHRIST in CHRISTmas!!!!!11 that get on my nerves. Cool it, be happy and positive, and let others be happy and positive!

Interesting question. Too bad I feel like people will never agree on this one.

No I am not offended by it. I will not change what I say to please someone else either.

I am not offended by the word Christmas, but I think it's ridiculous to assume that everyone you may happen to be around celebrates it. Happy holidays is not waging "war on Christmas", it is an attempt to be inclusive of people of all religious faiths.

The sentiment is the same. If someone is too PC they can kiss my ass.

I'm never offended by it, but it is a little "eyebrow raising moment" when someone makes a big point of it, like someone at a store who once told me "Have a BLESSED CHRISTmas in the month of our LORD", but I still don't care, it's just a little odd lol

I think that the whole, polictically correct, let's not step on anyone's feelings horseshit has gone way overboard. Say it how you want, just be respective. And if someone doesn't say it the way you would want to hear it, just be respective of them as well, it's their right to call it as they see it too. We have a lot more to worry about than just words, like maybe the deficit.

I'm not a Christian, and I use the word Holiday because it's a personal preference-but the word Christmas doesn't offend me.

I am a Christian, but I don't call it the "holidays" all the time. If someone says it to me first, I say it back, otherwise I say Christmas.

Atheist and I don't care.

How could anyone be offended? The holiday Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Christ. Yes, I'm a Christian, but I'm not taking sides, I'm just saying, it is what it is and nobody is forced to participate in said holiday. Now on the other hand, I find it funny that some Christians become furious at the term X-Mas.

I don't think there's anything wrong with it.