Judith said:
I was the opposite here this season. Every single human I meet up with said Merry Christmas! It was fantastic. We on the west coast have been battling the stupid "happy holidays" thing for years. It was like all of vancouver rebelled this season. Merry Christmas was everywhere!!!! Was wonderful to see

I guess enough was finally enough
Same here Judith--Everyone was in a great, friendly, and talkative mood--Couldn't go anywhere without hearing Merry Christmas

...I kind of thought it might have to do with the nice weather and the fact that since it wasn't 30 Below everyone took more time to stand on the street or parking lot and talk...
But then again- I don't shop the cities or big towns (Billings type) or the Walmart, Kmart, etal corporate stores....Stick pretty much with small town and the old local business's...I would rather pay a few dollars more and support them than help some corporate industry make another $12 billion annually in profits :roll:
I've found that even many of the things the locals don't have on display, they can quickly get you if you just ask- and will go out of their way to get it for you...Even some of the things I asked the girls to look for in Billings (thinking I could never find them here), they couldn't find there because of the zoo of people-- but were able to find them in a little store called Bryans in Wolf Point (45 miles down the road).....