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Different people attribute different levels of importance to the difference between "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays" and I'm not going to debate that level. I will use this as an example.
Note: There are many religions, most of which have adherents in the US, that have holy days around this time of year. They have their own rituals and holy remembrances. Legally speaking, the adherents of all are all equal members of the society.
That a greeting specifying the holiday of only one religion has become the standard says something more than just the wish for happiness and/or merriness. It says that the adherents of the specified religion have not just numerical superiority, but social power. It also means that the others have so little social power as to be easily rendered socially invisible.
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Note: There are many religions, most of which have adherents in the US, that have holy days around this time of year. They have their own rituals and holy remembrances. Legally speaking, the adherents of all are all equal members of the society.
That a greeting specifying the holiday of only one religion has become the standard says something more than just the wish for happiness and/or merriness. It says that the adherents of the specified religion have not just numerical superiority, but social power. It also means that the others have so little social power as to be easily rendered socially invisible.
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