Christmas and Political Correctness

“Merry Christmas,” I said.

“Merry Christmas,” answered the employee of a large business.

I was surprised. I thought to myself, “she said Merry Christmas, that is cool.”

Many of course are obliged to say, “Happy Holidays” or “Season’s Greetings” by their employers or by their own personal choice. Society dictates that we be politically correct. The reasoning of course, as you know, is that some folks celebrate Hanukah and some are Muslims or Hindus who don’t observe Christmas. So political correctness dictates they should not be forced to say “Merry Christmas.”

When I lived in India we used to say “Happy Diwali” to many people when that major October holiday rolled around. I didn’t celebrate the holiday per se, but we enjoyed the fact that many did celebrate it. I was not offended to say, “Happy Diwali.”

We now live in a world where people get offended too easily. Litigation is out of control. In fear we lose our freedoms in order to try to soothe this infraction of “accepted norms.”

Too bad. We are way too serious and way too easily offended.

I sincerely do wish you a Merry Christmas, or a Happy Hanukah. God bless.