"Let me get this out of the way early" for any big box retailer, mom and pop store or seasonal pop up store if you try substituting CHRISTMAS with the following:
1. X MAS
2.Happy Holidays
3.Seasons Greetings
4.Winter Holidays
5.Winter Solstice
6. Any other Religious mixture with CHRISTMAS
This holiday is for one thing, it's Christ, I have no problem with the commercialism that's taken over this holy day. You don't have to participate in buying anything, just give thanks to the one that's worthy.
You could choose to go feed the hungry, help the small children who will have no toy's(my favorite), there are lots of things you can do.
What I see most, this time of year, is all the bickering, complaining, whining, rhetoric of politics seem to go away, I could careless what party affiliation these children's parents are, I could careless what their religious views are, it does not seem to matter this time of year.
Sometimes I wonder why that is, Its because his name truly means something wether you belive or not.
So if you choose to trivialize his name this year, because you may offend someone, you may want to think a little harder and deeper. Actually, I'll go one step further, I will make it a point to come into the stores that advertise his name! MERRY CHRISTMAS