UPDATE - Christmas Under Fire

Lunch menus imprinted with the words "Merry Christmas" have been discarded and replaced in the Federal Way school district south of Seattle.

The December lunch menus for all 23 elementary schools were recalled and reprinted with the words "Happy Holidays" at a cost of almost $500.

A school district spokeswoman said printing "Merry Christmas" on the menus violated school system policies because "it has a religious connotation for some people."

The 11,500 calendar-style menus were never distributed and were recycled.

On a happier note, an Ohio couple has been swamped with orders for bracelets bearing the message "Just Say Merry Christmas." Dan and Jennifer Giroux came up with the red-and-green rubber wrist bands as a statement against the more generic "Happy Holidays."

They describe that phrase as "political correctness run amok."

The Girouxs sell the bracelets for $2 each through their store, The Catholic Shop, in the Cincinnati suburb of Madeira. They said they've filled phone and Internet orders from 43 states and have sold almost 15,000 so far, nearly depleting their first two shipments.