“Wishing you a Merry Christmas,” those are the exact words splashed across the front of my family’s Christmas greeting card. Below it reads: “2010” and our names. Then, around the entire boldface greeting sits six lovely photos of my six-year-old. Thanks Minted.com.
It would have taken me forever to sort through the hundreds of greeting card selections on the site. However, I found a way quick way to wade through the ocean of options. I clicked on “Christmas.”
That one little click made a world of difference. I was not interested in sending out a card that said anything but “Merry Christmas.” No “Happy Holidays from our family to yours,” no “Have a Joyous Season,” no “Seasons Greetings,” no “Cheers to the New Year,” no “NOEL” or “Peace on Earth.”
No, no, no.
It’s a Christmas card; hence the words “Merry Christmas.”
Yes, I am THAT Mom.
The one you don’t have to be politically correct around this time of year.
Please, wish me a merry Christmas, and please don’t worry that you didn’t say, “Happy holidays,” you know, just in case.
I am far from alone in embracing this philosophy. There are groups who have come out with buttons and bumper stickers that read: “It’s OK to say Merry Christmas to me!” in an effort to stimulate a movement to abolish the political correctness associated with generalized holiday greetings.
I don’t have the button or a bumper sticker. I don’t think they are necessary.
I’m not looking to spend the Advent season debating the merits of wishing someone a “Merry Christmas” versus “Happy Holidays.”
However, I do wonder what it says about our society that there are people who spend the better part of December doing so.
Why shouldn’t it be okay to wish someone a “Merry Christmas”? Why do we need to give someone permission to do so via buttons, pins and bumper stickers? Why are people so concerned that wishing someone well on the occasion of Christmas should be cause for offense? And why should anyone have to squash her personal beliefs for the sake of political correctness?
What do you wish others in the days leading up to Christmas?
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