India, Dec. 19 -- So, how do you phrase your greetings during this festive season? Do you say a mealy-mouthed 'Happy Holidays' to try and establish your 'secular' credentials? Or do you ignore the politically correct phrase and go with the more accurate 'Happy Christmas' - or 'Merry Christmas' (if you are not an upper-class English person)?

In case you missed it, the US President, Donald Trump, has made it his mission to rescue Merry Christmas from the mealy-mouthed brigade, and restore it to its previous glory by using the phrase every chance he gets around the festive season. And why ever not? After all, Christmas is very much a Christian holiday, celebrating as it does the birth of Jesus Christ. So why shouldn't people be celebrating ...