Happy Holidays From Wanstalls!!!

People should be able to say whatever greeting they want. If someone has a problem with what they are hearing/reading (which is going to be a general or specific type of "wishing you well"), then that person has a real problem.
 
i'll say Merry Christmas when it's Christmas, Happy Halloween when it's Halloween, Happy Canada Day when it's Canada Day, Happy Ramadan when it's Ramadan, etc.

Last time i checked this is Christmas so MERRY CHRiSTMAS!!!
 
aps2 said:
i'll say Merry Christmas when it's Christmas, Happy Halloween when it's Halloween, Happy Canada Day when it's Canada Day, Happy Ramadan when it's Ramadan, etc.

Last time i checked this is Christmas so MERRY CHRiSTMAS!!!
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Really? Last time I checked Christmas wasnt a month long event? the culmination of all the holidays near that though.. perhaps Happy Holidays works too. for christmas day, Merry Christmas is definitely the best choice though
 
Merry Christmas is Canada... The people that made this country what it is today said Merry Christmas all their lives... If it offends you then leave our kickass country...
 
Sorry if my typewriting abilities offended you... not sure where the stutter was there was a spelling error.. And I could have used some quotes around "And to you"

As for what I said.. maybe you should read it again.. If someone wishes me a Happy Hanukkah I should be able to respond with Merry Christmas or whatever holiday I celebrate or just return the salutation.

I have Muslim friends that wish me Merry Christmas I have Atheist friends that do the same Funny how that works.. I think Christmas is a state of mind as well as a holiday... And to you a Merry F******* HO HO
 
I didn't even think about the fact you guys get holidays too lol going to have to rip out there and grab a few more cases of .308 before satuday, that xcr-m you sold me is a hungry beast. All the better to wish you guys the best in person. Cheers. Colin
 
Just like other cultures want us to respect Hanukkah and Ramadan, please respect a majority holiday. CHRISTMAS. Politically correct is being ignorant. People who celebrate Christmas do not like when our holiday is watered down by ignorance. If I was in Isreal, or a Muslim country I wonder what they would say if I told them to say happy holidays instead of happy Hanukkah or Ramadan.

Politically correct is "Happy Christmas and Holidays" since wast majority are doing Christmas. Plus not my fault Judaism does not really celebrate anything significant around the end of the year. Not all Jews celebrate Hanukkah.

Happy Christmas!
 
I would like to thank Wanstalls for their expression of goodwill and return it with the same spirit of sincerity and kindness. I thank you for everything you have done to support my family's hobby over the last year. Our holiday season, Christmas and New Years will inlude enjoying some of your great products together with family and friends and hope that you and yours find time to enjoy them on the other side of the counter too!

Cheers!

(I think good manners requires one to accept a honest statement of good wishes (whatever it's form) with nothing more or less than acceptance and reciprocation)
 
SWAT said:
My point is... saying Happy Holidays is more appropriate because you don't say Merry Christmas to people who don't celebrate Christmas...obviously.
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I had a Sikh gentleman (obvious, turban, beard and kirpan) wesh me a merry christmas last year. When I looked at him a bit funny he said, It does no harm to wish someone happiness.
 
Of all the absurd arguments made by the forces of political correctness, the notion that Christmas must be hidden away because it is "offensive" to minorities is the most absurd of all.

we would do well to remember the annual war on Christmas seldom comes from the followers of other faiths.

Rather, it comes from puffed-up representatives of the modern, secular, liberal state -- particularly government and education bureaucrats.

It is they who rail and rule against Christmas, purporting to speak for unnamed "minorities" who are said to be offended by the very mention of the word, or the seasonal greeting "Merry Christmas," or the presence of a fragrant Christmas tree in any public space.

Well, excuse me, but Christmas offensive? Nonsense.

The true message of Christmas -- found not in the frenzy of the shopping mall, but in the quiet reflection of the home and the church and one's own heart -- is the universal message of all the world's great religions.

It is to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

It is to strive to be loving and kind, both to one's own family and to the extended family of humanity, not just on one day of the year, but every day.

It is, as one's means allow, to think of others less fortunate and to be charitable.

It is to comfort the afflicted and visit the sick.

It is to realize that, as fallible as we may be, there is a divine spark in each of us that strives to serve a God who so loved the world, that He sacrificed his only son to atone for the sins of mankind. Not a part of mankind. All of it.

Offensive? How can the message of Christmas, which is a message of universal love, offend people of good will of any faith, or those who follow no formal religion, but who care about the fate of others?

The simple truth -- political correctness aside -- is that it does not.

The lights of Christmas are a welcome respite from the darkest time of the year and its secular images -- Santa Claus, reindeers, elves -- delight both the young and the young at heart of every background.

The greeting of "Merry Christmas" excludes no one.

It's message is one of good wishes and peace towards all and the vast majority of people of all faiths, or no faith, understand this, even if the bureaucrats with their small minds do not.

And so, in the spirit of the season, I wish even the perpetrators of the annual war on Christmas a Merry Christmas, with the sincere hope they will one day come to their senses.

And to you, of course, and to the far more sensible readers, I wish you a very Merry Christmas.
 
Fishingismylife said:
It is to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
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Would this include hijacking a kind and sincere expression of goodwill to postulate points for or against one's personal views on political correctness? (For the record I agree with you and the others here in general, I just don't think this is the place) Every time I've dealt with the crew at Wanstall's they've treated me with respect and acceptance and I assume their Holiday greeting was sincere and it respected and included my celebration of Christmas and I respect and thank them for the effort.
 
bear.23 said:
I think Christmas is a state of mind as well as a holiday... And to you a Merry F******* HO HO
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LOL. WOW. BA-HUMBUG. ovrec Way to lose your cool Mr "Tired, Old, Sore & Cranky". Hope you feel better now! It's obvious you encompass the Canadian Christmas spirit perfectly!

I am a Canadian born Christian and wish ppl Merry Xmas ALL THE TIME! Relax. All I was saying is there is NOTHING WRONG with Wanstall's saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Xmas when addressing a PUBLIC forum. It simply applies to more people. Why do people gotta get on their case and be negative about something with good intentions?

That's my opinion. You have yours. U don't like it? Deal with it. U can disagree all u want.

This thread has snowballed outta control. For a bunch of grown ass men with such a macho hobby, there sure are a lot of people who b!tch n complain like a bunch of little girls.

Regardless, to follow the suit of the negativity of this thread would be hypocritical so in the spirit of what is supposed to be a Happy Holiday season... Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays. Now go have a Christmas drink and chill out...
 
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