Of all religious faiths, Christians appear to be attacked the most in the U.S. Some might say that this is due to widespread division among Christian conservatives and secular liberals. Although, as logic would have it, 83% of Americans identify themselves with the Christian faith. This means that the vast majority of citizens are in fact Christians, leaving only 17% of the U.S. population as a combination of followers of minority religions and the non-religious. With this, one could easily reason that such backlash simply comes with being the leading national religion rather than acting as yet another factor in our distinct political divide.

However, politics certainly have managed to slither their way into Christian practices such as the celebration of Christmas. With the support of members of the far left, politicians, employers, and their establishments have begun to sugar coat their discrimination by hiding behind the politically correct. Gone are the days when retail, food industry, and customer service workers could freely wish someone a merry Christmas without fear of losing their job. No longer do public schools hang Christmas decorations in their classrooms and throughout their halls.

To be clear, this would be just as personally upsetting if society decided to discriminate against another system of faith such as Judaism. Once again, the great resistance we see is caused by the number of American Christians. Rather than declare a war on Christmas, why not allow religious workers to wish customers whatever they practice? As citizens preserving their rights promised in the First Amendment, it is the customers' duty to accept someone else's beliefs with grace and open-mindedness. While "happy holidays" remains as neutral and meaningless as the usual, "have a nice day," banning workers from sharing their own belief continues to uphold a certain acceptable standard of modern religious persecution.

As for people who are offended by being wished a "Merry Christmas", it is to be understood that those doing so are simply embracing their beliefs and trying to spread a warm cheer with others who may share those beliefs as well. It is never done so with the intentions of offending another. It is time to grow a backbone and accept our differences as we realize that another's beliefs is not an attack on our own.