The whole “war on Christmas” meme was a FoxNoise fantasy, most particularly the nonsense about (somehow) “not being allowed” (by whom?) to say “Merry Christmas” (or, in Britain, “Happy Christmas”). In the middle of it, there was published a letter-to-the-editor from someone who had just seen a huge display of Christmas cards from the ’fifties. About half of them were inscribed “Happy Holidays”.
The whole “war on Christmas” meme was a FoxNoise fantasy, most particularly the nonsense about (somehow) “not being allowed” (by whom?) to say “Merry Christmas” (or, in Britain, “Happy Christmas”). In the middle of it, there was published a letter-to-the-editor from someone who had just seen a huge display of Christmas cards from the ’fifties. About half of them were inscribed “Happy Holidays”.