Where To Say ‘merry Christmas’ Vs. ‘happy Holidays’ — 2016 Edition

The “War on Christmas” seems a bit more pitched than usual this year, and it’s likely that the campaign and election of Donald Trump has served as a catalyst. The idea is that there’s an organized effort to remove Christmas from the public square by hectoring people into greeting co-workers, neighbors and store clerks with “happy holidays” instead of “merry Christmas,” and the right renews this claim each year as November wanes and retailers trot out red cups, Santas and Black Friday sales.