Poll: Most Folks AWOL from War on Xmas

Merry ambivalence and happy apathy: The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted among 1,502 adults from Dec. 7-11, found the public is not overly concerned by the controversy over Christmas greetings and holiday displays:

By a substantial 60%-23% margin the public does prefer “Merry Christmas” to non-religious welcomes such as “Season’s Greetings.” But given the choice, a 45% plurality says it does not matter much either way.

More Americans are bothered, at least to some degree, by the commercialization of Christmas (52%) than by opposition to the display of religious symbols in public places (35%).

A great majority of Americans (83%) say displays of Christmas symbols should be allowed in public places. But fewer than half (44%) approve of Christmas symbols being displayed alone, without Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other holiday symbols.

A Gallup Poll on the same topic found that when asked if it bothered them “when stores use the words ‘Merry Christmas’ on their displays at this time of year instead of ‘Happy Holidays’ or ‘Season’s Greetings,'” nearly all the respondents (97%) said it did not. But just 68% said they weren’t bothered in the opposite situation; 32% said they were annoyed when stores said “Happy Holidays” or “Season’s Greetings” instead of “Merry Christmas.”

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Poetic Justice

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“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

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1,000

10%

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71%

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$9.5 billion

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470

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