Laut Umfrage wird „Frohe Weihnachten“ von der wachsenden Mehrheit der Kanadier bevorzugt
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/merry-christmas-preferred-among-growing-majority-of-canadians-poll-finds/
Laut Umfrage wird „Frohe Weihnachten“ von der wachsenden Mehrheit der Kanadier bevorzugt
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/merry-christmas-preferred-among-growing-majority-of-canadians-poll-finds/
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This poll tracks with something I’ve noticed anecdotally over the last few years – more people being oddly insistent on “Merry Christmas,” when I use “Happy Holidays” as a neutral default.
I’ve been a bit concerned this is what happens when we treat cross-cultural engagement as inherently risky. If the message people absorb is “stick to your lane” – don’t comment, don’t participate, don’t even touch what isn’t “yours” – it’s predictable that they start tightening up around whatever they feel is theirs.
I was actually [writing about this](https://www.mustardclementine.com/p/how-the-woke-woke-racism) broader shift when I saw this new poll come out yesterday. I miss the version of multiculturalism I grew up with – where engaging across cultures felt ordinary, not risky, and shared space didn’t feel like a constant test of intent. This isn’t a proof of concept I really wanted.
Well it is the Christmas holidays…
Who cares. American Culture War nonsense.
Nobody cares. If you say Merry Christmas, great! I’ll say Merry Christmas back. It IS Christmas. If you say Happy Holidays, who cares? It’s still festive and in the right spirit.
Some people just have to make everything political and ruin the holiday spirit with their self-appointed victim complex
Always has.
I say it, and people don’t follow it are like „Thanks man. Nice sentiment. Glad you want me to feel more festive.“
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings,… all are salutations that have been used for decades and all of them are just fine.
This has gotta be one of the most exhausting media narratives of the past 30 years. The shift back again to “Merry Christmas” is purely reactionary. People are bitter with the world and feel like they’re being told what to do, so out of spite the say the thing that they know might hurt others feelings. And yet at the same time, pretty much nobody fucking cares. I can’t count the number of times non-christian or first generation immigrant friends and neighbours have said “Merry Christmas” to me, unprompted. Personally I always use “happy holidays” because I do find a lot of joy in the fact there are so many overlapping cultural holidays at this time, no matter who I’m speaking to they probably have some holiday to be happy about, Christmas or otherwise. I think that’s all we ever wanted, was for people to understand Christmas isn’t the only thing happening in the world at this time of year and Christian cultural holidays aren’t the be all and end all. Beyond that nobody actually cared what you said. It’s such a fake issue, we just wanted to share the spirit of the holidays with all people and not be so exclusive. Have a little compassion and use whatever you think will bring the most joy into the world.
This is where we are at these days?
Nobody cares. Someone said Happy Hanukkah to me and my non-Jewish a** smiled and said “Happy Hanukkah.” It’s really not that difficult.
Big congrats to the right for turning a nice salutation into a slur used to own the libs. You win, I guess?
Christmas is pretty secular now. It’s always astonishing to me when people are debating the matter in North America when in non-Christian Asia they’re putting up decorations everywhere. My hotel in Dubai had gigantic gingerbread houses and fake snow sculptures.
I’ve honestly always seen “happy holidays” as a way to greet Christmas and New Years cause you most likely won’t see that person until next year (or not)…
Honestly, do people really care about that? Plenty of non-religious people also say merry christmas.
Majority of Canadian don’t give a shit about this type of American culture war garbage. We will say what feels comfortable and happily accept any seasons greetings that someone sends our way. True Canadians don’t care what holiday slogan other people use!
I don’t celebrate Christmas. You can take my happy holidays in return for your Merry Christmas and be grateful.
Stupidest debate. Manufactured controversy. Nobody actually cares.
And this is for the 0.1% who actually care about fake drama?
Manufactured bullshit. No fucking Canadians care if you say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. Gotta always be generating some rage, how else are they going to find things for us to fight over while they rob us?
I say “Hail Santa.”
It doesn’t matter what you say as long as you mean it
I will say back anything to anyone. I’m not that concerned about what greeting is best.
One of my co workers who couldn’t be nicer doesn’t even celebrate Christmas and she still wishes everyone a merry Christmas
Think that’s the case with most people
Merry Christmas
More imported American culture war crap. This is a non-issue I could really see PP sticking his teeth into though.
I don’t care either way, I say happy holidays because I don’t know if someone is Jewish or something, but it’s still more festive than “have a nice day”
I’m sticking with Festivus for the rest of us
I’m not a religious person but I have no problems wishing people Merry Christmas, the same way I wish people Ramadan Mubarak or Happy Diwali or whatever. Who cares? If anything I find it a bit hypocritical that some people for some reason try to avoid saying Merry Christmas (in fear that they’ll “offend” non-Christians possibly?). I’m not a Christian and I’m not offended…wish away people.
Tired of everyone trying to cancel Festivus.
They want you thinking about „Merry Christmas“ instead of „Damn, wealth inequality is worse now than it was leading up to the French Revolution or with the robber barons during the Gilded Age „
I’m not Christian and I still say Merry Christmas, intentionally. You celebrate a festival, and that festival is today, so “Merry Christmas”.
How is this political?
I mean, I don’t really give a fuck 🤷
Okay, cool, I guess.
I’m an immigrant. Merry Christmas is preferred by me. We’re sharing the holidays together at your homeland. Shouldn’t be changed just to appease some randos.
Nobody ever cared, it was always a non issue and I don’t think anyone was ever offended
Happy holidays everyone
Sometimes I say happy holidays, sometimes I say merry Christmas, sometimes it I say happy Hanukkah. Depends who I’m talking to, and the day.
That’s what I appreciate about the french version “Joyeux Noël” it’s not linked to any religion that exist anymore.
It’s ridiculous that there’s even an article about this, or that anyone cares.
I say happy holidays, but if someone says Merry Christmas, I’ll say it back to them.