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We can certainly debate on the intent, but ultimately, the result is the same - no one says Merry Christmas anymore, and Christians are sometimes sad about this.

I think it feeds into the feeling of victimhood. It seems all-encompassing. Which makes these people sternly-pro-Merry-Christmas.

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I don't know about the US, but I say "merry Christmas" to people I see before the 24th and that I will for sure see before the 1rst,and a "happy holidays" equivalent if won't met between the two days. Are you sure it's only profit motivated and not a will to be semantically correct?

I think this is so weird. I live in a "democrat-run city" to use a phrase popularized by the weird right, and people here say Merry Christmas if someone says Merry Christmas to them or they know each other from church, and say Happy Holidays if you don't know the holiday someone celebrates and they're not wearing a Christmas tree sweater. It's a pretty easy algorithm. I don't think anyone feels like Christmas spirit is lacking.

Your last few sentences are right: the people I know who are outraged about the war on Christmas are Christians of a certain type who feel like they have not received what has been promised to them. They're well-off, have houses built for them in nice new suburban developments, have a couple cars, don't seem like they're hurting for money or jobs, but they've just really got a chip on their shoulder about other people getting what they deserve.

I'm probably re-centering a category right now :) This was a very interesting article and it's fun to try to find all the examples of this I can.

You have every right to lament or protest a trend that you don't like, but by claiming you're being cancelled, you are making a very strong claim about intent ("they" want to destroy our tradition), one that you fail to back up.

This creates a harmful tribalism.

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