I've worked here for 8 years and not once have I received a "Merry Christmas!" email. All company messaging around Christmas is watered down to "Happy Holidays" so as not to offend everyone.
I'm not a Christian fwiw but this pisses me off.
I quickly typed a response that said, "Thank you, and I look forward to receiving a Merry Christmas email later this year!", but at least for now I haven't sent it.
I'm just sick and fucking tired of everything Christian being erased from society, while non-Christian holidays are promoted and celebrated by name.
Send the email response or nah?
It depends: do you need the job? Are you indispensable at your position? Not to say they'll fire you for sending it, but unless you're extremely hard to replace you might get mentally filed on the "not a team player" list that might come into play the next time layoff season arrives.
I've sent responses like this before, and while it makes you feel good it doesn't really accomplish anything. The best outcome I ever had was:
You'd be better served killing whatever sense of loyalty you may have to your employer and doing exactly what your company's execs do: use company resources to maximize your own personal gain at the expense of the company's well-being.
Zero chance I get fired for it. We have several acquisitions in the pipeline that I'm managing and trying to replace me right now would be a disaster.
But I'm leaning towards not saying anything, at least not right now. Like you said, it wouldn't really accomplish anything. They won't start wishing people Merry Christmas or anything.
Instead of saying something right now, start documenting things and look for a way to set them up for a lawsuit. Any kind of lawsuit. Then when it's time to leave, sue them on the way out, even if it's over some petty nonsense that has nothing to do with this.