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.”
Often times I get a the “Merry Christmas” response but a couple times I have had the clerk tell me flat out they are forbidden from using the phrase and I walk away leaving my merchandise.
Well, once again it seems that the politically correct are in the minority and all these stores are doing is playing to a minority according to a new Rasmussen poll:
Amidst all the holiday shopping craziness, most Americans at this time of year want to see holiday signs that wish them a “Merry Christmas.”
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 72% of adults prefer “Merry Christmas,” while 22% like “Happy Holidays” instead.
Oh, and of course you know how this is going to break out along party lines right? Yep, the “progressive” politically correct left who are at home in the Democratic Party are the ones most in favor of the generic greeting:
Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans and 70% of adults not affiliated with either major political party like store signs that wish them a “Merry Christmas,” compared to just 58% of Democrats.
Gee! SHOCKER!
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