>If you mean "Good Bye", in some languages, it is directly traceable to religion. For example in Spanish the word is "adios", which means "To God".
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>>IMHO, this greeting has religious context and which socialist countries do you mean? Also, why the second statement is followed from the first?

No, I meant Lutz referring to having 'Merry Christmas' in socialist countries. I asked him to clarify which particular countries did he mean and why having this greeting in the socialist country makes it non-religious.