HolyCoast: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
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Friday, November 28, 2008

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?

Now that the Christmas season is officially here, Rasmussen has a survey that might interest you:
Christmas is just around the corner, and a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% of American adults prefer stores to show signs saying “Merry Christmas” rather than "Happy Holidays."

Only one-quarter of adults (25%) favor signs that say “Happy Holidays.” Those figures are virtually unchanged from our survey conducted this time last year.

Men (71%) favor “Merry Christmas” slightly more than women (65%).

From a politically partisan perspective, Republicans (84%) overwhelmingly prefer “Merry Christmas” more than Democrats (51%). Far more Democrats (43%) wish for “Happy Holidays” signs than Republicans (13%).

Put me in the "Merry Christmas" camp, but I'm not a radical about it. If you want to say "Happy Holidays", "Seasons Greeting", or "Heil Santa" it doesn't really matter to me.

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