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In some countries, some people avoid using "Merry Christmas" and instead say
[Happy Holidays](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Happy_Holidays):

> Thought by some to be a politically correct alternative to Merry Christmas
> and/or Happy New Year when greeting people in public places due to concern
> over those who might not celebrate Christmas.

(I'm not sure who'd be offended by Happy New Year - people who don't use a
Gregorian calendar?)

Is it safe to use メリークリスマス? If not, are there "politically correct"
alternatives?

Searching jisho.org for
[season's](http://jisho.org/words?jap=&eng=season%27s&dict=edict) did get some
results literally translating as season's greetings, but I expect phrases
written in kanji aren't likely to be politically correct euphemisms for "Merry
Christmas".
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Can the term メリークリスマス be seen as politically incorrect?
I believe most Japanese think of Christmas as a secular, commercial holiday
(gift giving, christmas decorations, etc) rather than a religious celebration
of the birth of Christ, so I would think that most would not even think to be
offended. It might be out of place to say at a religious (Shinto or Buddhist)
shrine or celebration, but I would think this would be obvious. The only
reason it became politically correct to say Happy Holidays in the U.S., for
instance, is due to the increased presence of religious minorities or atheists
in what had been a firmly majority Christian nation. As Japan is one of the
most secular nations on earth (with a Christian population of less than 2% of
the general populace), I would think this consideration to be mostly
irrelevant.
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