~~~ and "HAPPY HOLIDAYS" would encompass all holidays the year long.

My point is: "Merry Christmas" or any "Christmas though" means only one thing and one thing, only; the cellebration of the birth of Jesus Christ; founder of the Christian religion -- and should not be combined with any other religious observance.

I'm still not too sure about "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" in the same breath; who's "New Year"?