Season's Greetings

[henche]

Is it assur to greet someone with Merry Christmas?
How about Happy Holidays? (Or Happy holidays)?

[hvaces42]

When you use the term J**** togethet with tbe term C***** you are acknowledging him as a diety. The same would hold true for the holiday name.

[ben89]

Halacha thread?

[Yammer]

@henche...you seem to be having a slow Channuka....

[shlonx]

When you use the term J**** togethet with tbe term C***** you are acknowledging him as a diety. The same would hold true for the holiday name.

How about calling people "Christians"?

ETA: It seems like calling people Christians is no different than calling certain Lubavitchers "Meshichists".

[stbaum]

I say happy holidays and a happy new year. If someone says merry Xmas I just say thx same to you...

[hachover]

On Thanksgiving they have football games to help people deal with their family. We need that for chanuka

[ChaimMoskowitz]

Is it assur to greet someone with Merry Christmas?

According to your President whom you worship, YES!

[noturbizniss]

When you use the term J**** togethet with tbe term C***** you are acknowledging him as a diety. The same would hold true for the holiday name.

i beg to differ. Given that is how he is referred to, it is common parlance. Especially when one inserts the word F****** as an adjective(?) between J**** and C*****

[12HRS]

@henche...you seem to be having a slow Channuka....

I would say the lead seems to have addled his brain more then usual

[ludmila]

Is it assur to greet someone with Merry Christmas?
How about Happy Holidays? (Or Happy holidays)?

I do, it is not going to make me a better or worse person, everyone has their own religion , I believe in mine but respect all other religions, by the way, our Rabbi who is a close friend,does say Merry Christmas to Christians as they wished him Happy Channuka.

[shwarmabob]

Is it assur to greet someone with Merry Christmas?
How about Happy Holidays? (Or Happy holidays)?

א הַנּוֹדֵר אוֹ נִשְׁבָּע בְּשֵׁם עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים, הֲרֵי זֶה (הָיָה) לוֹקֶה. וְאָסוּר לְהַזְכִּירָהּ בִּשְׁמָהּ, בֵּין לְצֹרֶךְ בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא לְצֹרֶךְ.
ב שֵׁם חַגִּים שֶׁלָּהֶם שֶׁהֵם כִּשְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם, אֵין חֲשָׁשׁ לַהִזְכִּירָם. וְהוּא שֶׁלֹּא יִקְרְאֵם כְּמוֹ שֶׁמַּזְכִּירִים אוֹתָם הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים, בְּלָשׁוֹן חֲשִׁיבוּת. (מָרְדְּכַי ספ''ק דַּעֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים בְּשֵׁם ראבי''ה וְהַגָּהוֹת מַיְמוֹנִי וְרַבֵּינוּ יְרוּחָם) .

סימן קמז יורה דעה

It's not assur: Christmas is the name of the holiday not the name of the A"Z.
but ALOR or @aygart

[Work-for-ur-muny]

א הַנּוֹדֵר אוֹ נִשְׁבָּע בְּשֵׁם עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים, הֲרֵי זֶה (הָיָה) לוֹקֶה. וְאָסוּר לְהַזְכִּירָהּ בִּשְׁמָהּ, בֵּין לְצֹרֶךְ בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא לְצֹרֶךְ.
ב שֵׁם חַגִּים שֶׁלָּהֶם שֶׁהֵם כִּשְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם, אֵין חֲשָׁשׁ לַהִזְכִּירָם. וְהוּא שֶׁלֹּא יִקְרְאֵם כְּמוֹ שֶׁמַּזְכִּירִים אוֹתָם הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים, בְּלָשׁוֹן חֲשִׁיבוּת. (מָרְדְּכַי ספ''ק דַּעֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים בְּשֵׁם ראבי''ה וְהַגָּהוֹת מַיְמוֹנִי וְרַבֵּינוּ יְרוּחָם) .

סימן קמז יורה דעה

It's not assur: Christmas is the name of the holiday not the name of the A"Z.
but ALOR or @aygart

Figured I'll get a smile from google, and I indeed did. The ending takes the cake! 

If there is a vow or a vow in the name of the works of stars, behold, there is a lukewarm. And it is forbidden to mention it in its name, between you and you, and you are not in need.
In the name of their festivals, which are like the names of the sons of men, there is no fear for them. And it is not called like those who remember the servants of the stars, with the tongue of reckoning. (The pillars of the earth are the stars of the Lord, and the glories are the most precious and the most holy).
Mark Kamaz shoots an opinion

[ExGingi]

Figured I'll get a smile from google, and I indeed did. The ending takes the cake!

ALOL