On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:58:34 -0500, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:

"seymore" wrote in message
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oh, **** you, Gregory! The expression is old as dirt! In other parts of
the world "merry" is substituted by the word "happy". The meaning is
the same for Christians. why would they *not* be merry or happy that
the savior was born? huh?



You missed the point. "Merry Christmas" is the preferred, non-believer,
politically correct greeting that marginalizes the true purpose of
Christmas which is celebrating the birth of the Christ. How about
'Joyous Christmas' or better yet. 'Holy Christmas'.

What business is it of yours what people celebrate? Besides, you *guys*
stole a pagan holiday. Go get one of your own.

Do you think the non-believers would ever accept and say those
greetings? NO they wouldn't because that would not further their
non-believer agenda which agenda substitutes gluttony and human-centric
activities for a devout expression of love and appreciation of God's
ultimate sacrifice. We celebrate the birth of the Christ because we know
of His true purpose which was to die on the cross so our sins might be
forgiven. The birth of the Christ is a wondrous thing only in the
knowing about the death and resurrection of the Christ. There is NOTHING
merry about the birth, life and death of the Christ, IMO. Non believers
prefer 'merry' because it makes the Christ out to be some kind of clown.