I think that people and corporations mostly have good intentions and tolerance in mind when trying to remove the religious aspects of the holiday season from schools, stores, and public areas. I also find that there are more religious people who complain about their right to celebrate Christmas being taken away in the past few years, than I've ever heard people complain about Christmas itself. As someone who is in the Happy Holidays camp, I have no problem responding to a Merry Christmas with a Merry Christmas of my own. I don't really understand those who have a problem with people saying Happy Holidays.
In the end I don't think anybody is saying religious people can't celebrate Christmas in there own way, just keep your religion at home because your right to freedom of religion isn't any more important than my right to freedom from religion.
Also I watch Die Hard almost every Christmas Eve.
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