Merry-Happy Holi-christmas

Well it has indeed been quite a while since I've written here. Unfortunately, but I guess theres a few things that are to be addressed in this 'episode'. So! The first order of business will be ITS ALMOST CHRISTMAS! or should I say, "The Happy Holidays". I really do not understand why people are so concerned with the apparent political correctness of this. It is, after all the whole reason for December being what it is. Other wise it would just be another month. I find it hilarious how people will say that they are offended by someone saying, "Merry Christmas!". Can this simple and innocent phrase or well wishing be THAT destructive that it causes companies and places of importance to put enforced BANS on it ? What is it about the phrase that makes it so dangerous or offensive ?
To address the first question, I'm sure many of you will agree that phrases or words can be quite hurtful or "destructive" if you will. But can a phrase that is meant as a well wishing be so destructive to society ? I highly doubt that this will bring down nations or destroy cultures. Although I'm sure some of the nut jobs out there would disagree. Now to address the second of the questions, If you break the whole thing down and know exactly what these two words mean, I'm positive that it will prove my point to the harmlessness of this whole thing.
So to start off,

Mer·ry
–adjective, mer·ri·er, mer·ri·est.

1.	full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.

2.	laughingly happy; mirthful; festively joyous; hilarious: a merry time at the party.

3.	Archaic. causing happiness; pleasant; delightful.

Christ·mas
–noun

1.	the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.

Now after all that, the meanings say it all. "cheerfulness, joyous, happy, laughingly". Last time I checked these words were definitely not on the list of hurtful or harmful.
So to conclude with this, since its gone way longer than I expected. Sure "Christmas" is indeed the belief of the birth of Jesus in essence, but I believe its gone way past that and should be seen as a holiday of giving to others, spending time with family and friends. I know it is hard for a lot of people to just be nice with others, so I suppose they can have this one month or day to be nice to their fellow human being. And that is what I think this "Merry Christmas" should be seen as.

"Merry Christmas you filthy animals!"