Well, it is that time of the year again. Yes, it is time for that peppy clerk at the checkout counter to cheerfully wish you “Happy Holidays” as you check out buying gifts for Christmas. Many stores have come under fire in recent years for outlawing their employees from using phrases like Merry Christmas. I have even taken hundreds of dollars up to the register and said “Merry Christmas” only to have the employee respond, “Happy Holidays to you sir.” As he or she reaches to start scanning my items I stop him or her and say, “No, it’s Merry Christmas … say it or I don’t buy a thing.”
