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In reply to the discussion: I got my first "Merry Christmas" said to me yesterday [View all]MissMarple
(9,656 posts)135. Amen! Faux has amped up it's "war on Christmas" again.
It is so silly. But their are those who need to believe it. Silly rabbits. My daughter was sent a fa
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Maybe she was just tired, had sore feet, and was sick of saying "Merry Christmas"
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2012
#1
This situation worth more than just a post on a random message board on the Intertubes---
snooper2
Dec 2012
#68
Neither was I, but Sophiegirl's suggestion remains the more useful of the two responses. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#132
I'm with you! Everyone is assuming the poster was being hypersensitive, though she was there and
Squinch
Dec 2012
#138
Either one is possible, and there is a movement out there to defend Christmas in an imaginary war.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#230
You weren't there either, so how do YOU know what may have sufficed? You don't.
cordelia
Dec 2012
#162
well only the person who is receiving the greeting is there in person to know
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#60
Well, there is also the person sending it who may not be thinking of the recipient at all.
cbayer
Dec 2012
#64
How about "Merry Christmas" in a tone of voice that didn't convey the message--
eridani
Dec 2012
#173
Wait, someone posted a story about a personal experience, and you didn't pay attention to the detail
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#122
Again, you seem so entrenched in your position that you are unable to empathize with the OP.
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#189
With respect to giving the OP the benefit of the doubt: I'd say that ship has sailed on this thread
Squinch
Dec 2012
#231
"I was walking me dog, and this bloke, he comes to me and says, "Nice day, innit?"
didact
Dec 2012
#223
Or, maybe the poster isn't being a jerk, and the woman was truly hostile. We don't know.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#141
And yet, of all the people posting here, she is the one who is best able to judge the intent.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#147
The person that said: Merry Christmas is the only one that actually know her intent
etherealtruth
Dec 2012
#149
And of all the people posting here, the OPer is in the best position to interpret what that was.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#150
It is a sad world indeed when someone wishes another to have a merry Christmas
Bok_Tukalo
Dec 2012
#52
Really, I am starting to feel extremely fortunate that I have never been a victim
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#100
But you don't really know, do you, since you weren't there. And what if you're wrong?
Squinch
Dec 2012
#142
Reminds me of something that happened at an event at our kid's elementary school event ...
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#80
Actually, I suspect that if you call out some of those who are trying to invoke a response
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#97
Great! Then you understand the POV of the OP and can empathize with her situation.
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#216
Maybe all the check-out employees are required to use that specific phrase instead of Happy Holidays
We People
Dec 2012
#89
I'm wondering why the person chose to give a Christian greeting in such an unkind way
Xipe Totec
Dec 2012
#111
And people here eyeroll at the things Republicans get offended at. Oy. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#130
I once said it reflexively -- and only later did I realize I said it to a Jewish lady!
mainer
Dec 2012
#153
Then stop throwing straw and inform yourself so as to further the discussion.
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#202
Maybe she came off as hostile & "defiant" because the store makes her say it day after day. Perhaps
Raine
Dec 2012
#168
You are taking a lot of grief in this thread, but I can confirm that something
Sheldon Cooper
Dec 2012
#212
I just say thank you and move along. There were a couple of stores here where the employees were
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#254
Actually, here they are called "Holiday trees" unless specifically titled as such
BanTheGOP
Dec 2012
#261