Do you not believe that holiday greetings are more appropriate than Christmas greetings? You are afraid to admit it because there are people who consider this season to be purely Christian. As a result, there may be more emotional, social, and physical safety in announcing your conversion to some terrorist organization than to say, "Happy Holidays".
As a Christian, however, take a good look at this holiday. Even in our churches there is little celebration over the birth of Jesus, the incarnation of God. Oh there is lots of pageantry, singing, and talk of the true meaning and the "reason for the season". However, it appears that we have no tolerance for those who lead us from the manger and into the eternal significance of the event of Christ's birth.
Keeping Christ in Christmas is more than including the name of "Christ". It is said that the "X" was a means of protecting early Christians and thereby making reference to Christ but not mentioning him. It was, by necessity, a stealth church. Perhaps we should keep the "X" in Christmas, so that believers may observe the celebration without the baggage.
In reality there is no need, necessarily, to change any outward celebration. We would be fooling ourselves to think that heart change other than by God the Holy Spirit would do the trick.
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