Sounds like the person was an asshole. But there are many, that’s why businesses use “Happy Holidays” to avoid them.
Though most people don’t care enough. It is really which kind of person do you deal with. I actually had a situation when my neighbor who is Jewish without much thinking wished Merry Christmas and got same response. Just few seconds later realized I made a mistake and corrected myself.
I suppose if somebody is an Orthodox Jew and dresses in a way that screams left and right who they are, those kind of people might take it that you say Merry Christmas to purposefully offend them, as they put so much effort to show who they are.
Sounds like the person was an asshole. But there are many, that’s why businesses use “Happy Holidays” to avoid them.
Though most people don’t care enough. It is really which kind of person do you deal with. I actually had a situation when my neighbor who is Jewish without much thinking wished Merry Christmas and got same response. Just few seconds later realized I made a mistake and corrected myself.
I suppose if somebody is an Orthodox Jew and dresses in a way that screams left and right who they are, those kind of people might take it that you say Merry Christmas to purposefully offend them, as they put so much effort to show who they are.