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Comment by Gaines Spivey(Smokestack) on December 17, 2008 at 7:01am

Melissa I am a Christian and i celebrate Christmas. There are somethings you should know. Have you ever heard of Yule. As in the Yule log. Yule is a time that many people celebrated. It was a Germanic midwinter festival involving a sacrificial feast that was absorbed into Christmas. The pagan Germanic peoples celebrated Yule from late December to early January on a date determined by the lunar Germanic calendar, but the festival was placed on December 25 when the Christian (Julian) calendar was adopted. Also Christmas trees were once used by Pagans to bring part of the forest into there homes so the wood spirts would have a place to keep warm during the winter. What i am trying tosay is that in the US It IS Merry Christmas AND anything else anyone else wants it to be. That is what this country is about. The 1st admendment says it all. Its Freedom of Religon not Just YOUR religon.

Comment by Jenny Holderby on December 17, 2008 at 1:04am

I think people who also celebrate Hanukkah and Quanza or any other holiday that has the same or similar meaning won't mind if we say Merry Christmas.
I know it isn't politically correct and I can almost appologize for that but for those who want to take Christ out of Christmas that is fine for them but they should leave those of us alone who do celebrate the reason for the season.


At the university, those who don't celebrate religious holidays have nothing to do while the rest of us are having ours. As it is, our "winter break" coinsides with Christmas & New Years. We work next Monday and are off until Jan 2nd. We are between semesters and the university is closed during that time. Of course, as state employees, the days we are off are our compensation time for the holidays other state workers had off that we had to work. I usually don't mind having 10 days off for what ever reason. :)

Comment by Oldman on December 16, 2008 at 6:27pm

I Googled it and found several references to Merry Christmas including these from ListAfterList.
So take your pick
Unfortunately Bah Humbug isn't on of them.

150 was to say Merry Christmas
Afrikaans - Gesëende Kersfees / Geseende Kerfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar
Afrikander - Een Plesierige Kerfees
African (Eritrean) (Tigrinja) - Rehus-beal-ledeats
Albanian - Gezur Krislinjden / Gézuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri!
Amharic - Melkam Yelidet Beaal
Arabic - I'D Miilad Said ous Sana Saida
Argentine - Feliz Navidad Y Un Prospero Ano Nuevo / Felices Pascuas y Feliz Año Nuevo
Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Aromunian - Crãciunu hãriosu shi unu anu nãu, bunu!
Azeri-Azerbaijan - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia - Selamat Hari Natal
Basque - Eguberri Zoriontsuak eta Urte Berri On
Bengali - Shuvo Baro Din Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian - Feliz Natal e Prospero Ano Novo / Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloav ezh mat
Bulgarian - Vasel Koleda / Chestita Koleda / Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo / Tchestita Nova Godina
Catalan - Bon Nadal i Feliç Any Nou
Cantonese - Seng Dan Fai Lok, Sang Nian Fai Lok
Choctaw - Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Cornish -Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsican - Bon Natale e Bon capu d' annu
Crazanian - Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Creek - Afvcke Nettvcakorakko
Chinese - Cantonese - Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese - Mandarin - Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Croatian - Sretan Bozic / Èestit Boiæ i sretna Nova godina
Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Czech Republic - Vesele Vanoce
Danish - Glaedelig Jul / Glædelig Jul og godt nytår
Duri - Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Dutch (Netherlands) - Prettig Kerstfeest
Egyptian - Colo sana wintom tiebeen
English - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Eritrean - Rehus-Beal-Ledeat
Eskimo - Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo
Esperanto - Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian - Rõõmsaid jõulupühi!
Euskera - Zorionak eta Urte Berri On
Faeroese - Gledhilig jól og eydnurikt ny`ggjár
Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Fijian - Marau na Kerisimasi
Filipinos - Maligayang Pasko
Finnish - Hauskaa Joulua / Hyvää joulua ja Onnellista uutta vuotta
Flemish - Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French - Joyeux Noël et heureuse année / Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année
Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier
Friulian - Bon Nadâl e Bon An Gnûf
Gaelic-Irish - Nolag mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fe Mhaise
Gaelic-Scot - Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
Galician - Bon Nadal e Bo Ani Novo
German - Frohe Weihnachten / Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches neues Jahr / Frohe Festtage
Greek - Kala Christougenna Kieftihismenos O Kenourios Chronos / Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos
Greenlandic - Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit
Hausa - Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara
Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka / Mele Kalikimake me ka Hauloi Makahiki hou
Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha / Mo'adim Lesimkha. Shana Tova
Hindi - Shub Naya Baras / Shubh Christmas
Hungarian - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket / Kellemes Karacsonyiunnepeket & Boldog Új Évet
Icelandic - Gledileg jól og farsaelt komandi ár / Gledileg jól og gott nytt ár
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal / Selamah Tahun Baru
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit / Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Iroquois - Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay
Italian - Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo / Buone Feste Natalizie / Buon Natale e felice Capodanno
Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jèrriais - Bouan Noué et Bouanne Année
Karelian - Rastawanke Sinun, Uvven Vuvenke Sinun
Korean - Chuk Sung Tan / Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Krio - Appi Krismes en Appi Niu Yaa
Kurdish - Seva piroz sahibe u sersala te piroz be
Ladin - Bon Nadel y Bon Ann Nuef
Lappic - Buorit Juovllat ja Buorre Oddajahki
Latin - Natale hilare et Annum Nuovo
Latvian - Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu
Lausitzian - Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lebanese - Milad Saeed wa Sanaa Mubarakah
Lettish - Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu / linksmu sventu Kaledu ir Laimingu Nauju Metu
Livian - Riiemlizi Talspividi ja pagin vonno udaigastos
Low Saxon - Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
Luxemburgish - Schéi Krëschtdeeg an e Schéint Néi Joer
Macedonian -Streken Bozhik
Malayalam - Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal
Malaysian - Selamat Hari Natal
Maltese - Il-Milied It-tajjeb / Nixtieklek Milied tajjeb u is-sena t-tabja
Mandarin - Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Manx - Ollick Ghennal Erriu as Blein Feer Die Seihil as Slaynt Da'n Slane Loght Thie
Maori -Meri Kirihimete
Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh
Mongolian - Zul saryn bolon shine ony mend devshuulye
Monogasquev - Festusu Natale e Bona ana noeva
Navajo Indian - Ya'a't'eeh Keshmish
Norse-Danish - Gledlig jul og godt Nytt Aar
Norwegian - God Jul og Godt Nyttår
Occitan -Polit nadal e bona annada
Oriya -Sukhamaya christmass ebang khusibhara naba barsa
Papiamento - Bon Pasco / Un Felis Pasco y un Prospero Anja Nobo
Papua New Guinea - Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Pashto - De Christmas akhtar de bakhtawar au newai kal de mubarak sha
Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag unen hallich Nei Yaahr
Peruvian - Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Polish - Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia / Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese - Boas Festas / Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo / Feliz Natal e propero Ano Novo
Punjabi - Nave sal di mubaraka
Pushto - Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Raeto-Ramance - Bella Festas da zNadal ed in Ventiravel Onn Nov
Rapa-Nui - (Easter Islands) - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian - Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche - Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn
Romani (gypsy) - Bachtalo krecunu Thaj Bachtalo Nevo Bers
Romanian - Sarbatori Fericite / Hristos s-a Nascut si Anul Nou Fericit / Sarbatori Fericite. La Multi Ani
Russian - Pozdrevly ayu sprazdnikom Rozhdestva Khristova is Novim Godom
Sami - Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardian - Felize Nadale e Bonu Cabuannu
Sardinian -Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Serb-Croatian - Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese - (Ceylon/Sri Lanka) - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Slavey - (a Dene Language from the Northwest Territories in Canada) - Teyatie Gonezu
Slovakian - Vesele vianoce A stastlivy Novy Rok / Vesele vianoce a stastny novy rok
Slovene - Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto / Vesele bozicne praznike in srecno novo leto
Slovenian - Sretan Bozice
Sorbian - Wjesole hody a strowe Nowe leto
Somali - ciid wanaagsan iyo sanad cusub oo fiican
Spanish - Feliz Navidad y prospero Año Nuevo
Sudanese - Wilujeng Natal Sareng Warsa Enggal
Swahili - Krismas Njema Na Heri Za Mwaka Mpya
Swedish - God Jul Och Gott Nytt År / Denna hÄlsning kommer från Sverige / Glad jul och ett gott Nytt ar
Tagalog (Filipino) - Maligayang Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai - Suksan Wan Christmas lae Sawadee Pee Mai
Tok Pisin - Meri Krismas & Hepi Nu Yia
Tongan - Kilisimasi Fiefia & Ta'u fo'ou monu ia
Trukeese - Neekirissimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech
Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun / Yeni Yilnizi Kutar, saadetler dilerim
Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym / Veseloho Vam Rizdva i Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku
Urdu- Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vepsi - Rastvoidenke i Udenke Vodenke
Vietnamese - Mung Le Giang Sinh. Cung Chuc Tan Nien
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen / Nadolic Llawen. Blwyddn Newdd Dda
Xhosa - Siniqwenelela Ikrisimesi EmnandI Nonyaka Omtsha Ozele Iintsikelelo Namathamsanqa
Yayeya - Krisema
Yiddish - Gute Vaynakhtn un a Gut Nay Yor
Yoruba - E ku odun, e hu iye' dun Yugoslavian - Cestitamo Bozic -->
Zulu - Sinifesela Ukhisimusi Omuhle Nonyaka Omusha Onempumelelo

Comment by BillySFCVFD on December 16, 2008 at 1:58pm

I certainly hope my serving 36 years in the US Army, in three wars, to protect the rights of all Americans was not in vain. Plus those who served before me. Other religious holidays that are celebrated during Christmas time weren't designed to replace Christmas. They have a history started way before the good "ol USA was born. I welcome those who celebrate other holidays and there right to greet anyway they want. TCSS

Comment by Melissa on December 16, 2008 at 1:44pm

I agree with Will. We were based as a Christian country and therefore celebrate christian holidays. I don't have a problem with you celebrating whatever holidays you want to but .. . . in the U.S. .... it's Merry Christmas. And if you don't like it . .. go where everyone else is celebrating your holiday.

Comment by BillySFCVFD on December 16, 2008 at 1:26pm

Will,

I celebrate Christmas and accept Merry Christmas as a greeting plus give it too. There are some who don't celebrate Christmas but celebrate another holiday this season, one that I don't, so if I know that in advance it's Happy Holidays so that the greeting has a meaning to that person. After all it's about giving a greeting that fits. TCSS