Merry Christmas' greeting

Cara Pesan Hotel Online - Merry Christmas Video, Fox News is pushing full steam ahead with their "War on Christmas" coverage this week. This morning Fox & Friends ran with a segment interviewing one group that is purchasing billboards throughout the country that essentially guilt people into saying "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays."

Pesan Hotel - One of the billboards says "I miss you saying 'Merry Christmas' - Jesus" while the other states "Its OK to say 'Merry Christmas' - Jesus." While the interview is being done Fox News runs with the headlines "Faith under fire?" and "Ladies fight to save Christmas."

Liberals have argued that in fact Christmas is not under attack at all. Instead some have said that the "War on Christmas" theme is being used by some conserviatives (like those at Fox News) who wish to increase ratings by creating a fake Christian martyrdom in America.

While the phrase "Merry Christmas" is perfectly acceptable to Christians to use it outside of the Christian realm seems to actually lessen the meaning of the phrase. In asking everyone to use the greeting as a sort of neutral, secular greeting it could be argued these groups actually lessen the meaning of the message. If you are asking non-Christians to use the phrase with the Christian meaning you are essentially act like they believe something they do not. Christians would certainly not appreciate if Muslims demanded that everyone be greeted with "Assalamu alaikum" which literally means "May the peace and mercy of Allah be with you."