to have never heard anyone ever object to someone wishing the a "Merry Christmas"?

[DrSeuss]

Has anyone, ever, heard anyone of any faith or none object to this? Even Richard Dawkins says it! My Muslim friends wish me Merry Christmas, Mayim Bialik of Big Bang fame wishes her FB followers Merry Christmas despite being an Orthodox Jew!
Surely anyone with half a brain accepts that someone is offering you their good wishes and just returns them? Or, if someone says, "Well actually, I'm Jewish/Muslim/whatever and don't do Christmas.", surely you just say, "Sorry, I didn't realise, have a good holiday."

So why the big deal about the fact that we should/shouldn't say it?

It's just that well known American minority namely Evangelical Christians making a fuss about their "persecution", isn't it?

There's usually a few nativity madness threads in December. I luffs them.

Dopey question alert. Do Jews not believe in Christ? Wasn't he mocked for being 'the king of the Jews'?

They believe in him as an historical figure, but not as the son of God.

No, of course not. I'm lucky enough to work in a very multicultural place and we wish our Jewish, Muslim and Hindu friends well on their festivals as they wish us well at Christmas . It a nonsense to think that anyone would be offended - it's like being offended that someone has wished your colleague a happy birthday just because it's not yours. The more celebrations the better, as far as I'm concerned 😁

Oh thanks Shockers. I'm bad enough on my own religion, others are a bit of a leap for my tiny mind.

Here is a clip of young autistic girl giving a brilliant rendition of an altered Hallelujah.

with a christian song, a jewish song (dreidl dreidl), a kwanza song, and a snowman song

This sounds like my workplace, with decorations rather than songs. We have a committee and they definitely believe in covering all bases.

My son was in a nativity in church when he was 8. He was one of the three kings, and for some reason, the other two kings had lines, but he did not. I thought maybe they had done it because he might have had trouble remembering them (dyslexia and other learning difficulties), so didn't really think much about it, and he didn't complain. But on the night, he ad-libbed a little speech of his own in the middle of the bringing the gifts part. So proud.

pmsl Seneca. That's what I love about little ones performing. They're hilarious. All their own little characters. Fair play to him - he DESERVED HIS LINES!!!!

Oh, wow. That clip. Thanks, TiesThatBind.