I'm a pretty fervent Atheist but I don't get why there is a need to correct someone who wishes you Merry Christmas. My reply is always "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" depending on what people say to me.
For me as an Atheist its a holiday that brings people together, has a lot of giving involved, and really like I said as long as its not breaching the seperation of church and state I'm 100% going to enjoy and have fun with it.
To me why the holiday started is at this point irrelevant, people who are not believers, other followers of other faiths still find it a good way to get together with family/friends and do something we all don't do enough of, spend quality time with our family/friends.
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