‘Happy Holidays’ and ‘Merry Christmas’ by James Phillips Dec 07,
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to a friend | print James Phillips James Phillips “Happy
Holidays!” It’s a phrase you hear pretty often this time of
year. It’s also a phrase that causes much controversy.  We all
know that anyone who says, “Happy Holidays” has got to be a
politically correct, God-hating, left-leaning, Communist
atheist. (Please read sarcasm into that last statement.)  What’s
so wrong with saying “Happy Holidays”?  Several years ago, Fox
News host Bill O’Reilly starting pushing this idea of a “War on
Christmas.” O’Reilly and others who have bought into this idea
say “Happy Holidays” is an attempt to take Christ out of
Christmas by keeping people from saying “Merry Christmas.”  Many
of the “War on Christmas” folks spend most of December angry
that Nativity scenes are removed from courthouse squares or town
halls. They also huff and puff about stores decorating with
“Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry