A neutral greeting like “happy holidays” fits perfectly into this new ethos. At this time of year, when the holidays of Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa overlap, this cultural dilution is ...

1. Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a Merry Christmas. 2. Keeping you in our hearts this holiday season, and always! 3. Happy holidays! So glad we get to spend so much time together.

“Happy Holidays,” after all, was clearly created to give the false impression of inclusivity. An individual can appropriately wish a Christian “Merry Christmas,” of course.

Canadians utter a hearty “Merry Christmas” as their season’s greeting far more than the culturally neutral “Happy Holidays,” a national public opinion survey says.