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    1. Julia Ioffe‏Verified account @juliaioffe 21 Dec 2018
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      As you may have heard, I have some thoughts about the ubiquitous “merry Christmas” greeting so I wrote something about it. (Spoiler alert: I’m not angry, lonely, or bitter. Just not a Christian.)https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/21/please-dont-wish-me-merry-christmas/ …

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 21 Dec 2018
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      Christmas is just as much a secular holiday as anything. If someone wishes you Merry Christmas, there's no necessary expectation that you view it as the day commemorating Christ's birth. Sorry to add to the ratio, but come on.

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        1. Igor Schatz‏ @Copernicus2013 21 Dec 2018
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          Not to mention that neither Christmas trees nor reindeer are native to the Levant

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        1. john barnett‏ @jab399 21 Dec 2018
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          I agree at this point in our society the meaning isn't materially different than saying "happy thanksgiving"

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        1. Daniel George‏ @drdanielgeorge 21 Dec 2018
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          Agreed. Plus, most people have the holiday off so, at worst, "merry xmas" evokes collective solidarity around a day (or days) of rest

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        1. jaime‏ @jaime82 21 Dec 2018
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          I’m Jewish & my parents took my sister & I to the mall every year to get our photo taken with Santa!

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        1. Ben Yates‏ @benyeehoo 21 Dec 2018
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          Good point

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        1. Liam McGonagle‏ @McgonagleLiam 21 Dec 2018
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          Some people get great pleasure out of resurrecting dead antagonisms. They feel it adds a dimension of romance otherwise missing from their lives. Should we indulge them? Sure it makes them look sad and petty in our eyes. But they never cared about that.

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        1. spooky detached HEAD state‏ @HongPong 21 Dec 2018
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          secular Christmas is huge in Turkey for example

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        1. Maurice Thinks‏ @MauriceThoughts 21 Dec 2018
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          👏🏻👍🏻

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        1. Alice Evans‏Verified account @AliceEvansGruff 22 Dec 2018
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          REALLY good point. Thanks for making it.

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        1. Corey Cohen‏ @CoreyECohen 22 Dec 2018
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          “Let me tell you what the holiday actually is while I tel you how to feel about it.”

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        2. Honest Politics‏ @Nappy_Snitter 21 Dec 2018
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          Replying to @mtracey @juliaioffe

          We have a nation of emotional hemophiliacs... Excessively temperamental folks just looking to be annoyed. What happened to live and let live. Seems so easy and right.

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        3. Christine North‏ @4Libertyinlaw 22 Dec 2018
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          The perpetually perturbed

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        2. Clio the Communist  🏴‏ @CommieClio 21 Dec 2018
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          Replying to @mtracey @juliaioffe

          Christmas is a christian holiday, and not everyone is a christian. The only reason you view it as "just as much as secular holiday" is because we live in a society where christians demand that everyone celebrate their holiday.

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        3. Atheist Christmas Queen Beth Presswood‏ @Bethpresswood 21 Dec 2018
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          No, it's viewed as secular because by the very nature of 81% of non-Christians and 87% of nonreligious celebrating it, it has evolved. The nonreligious parts of it are 99% of it for even Christians

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