Yeah 'ol walley world has changed their tone about not mentioning the word "Christmas" in their stores and their advertising due to well over 3 million threatening to boycott their stores.
i think it's awesome.
what about you?
2006-11-26 13:30:41 · 23 answers · asked by Da_Bears70 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
It's awesome and do this too:
Wanna have some fun this CHRISTMAS? Send the ACLU a CHRISTMAS CARD!
As they are working so very hard to get rid of the CHRISTMAS part of this holiday, we should all send them a nice, CHRISTIAN, card to brighten up their dark, sad, little world.
Make sure it says "Merry Christmas" on it.
Here's the Address, just don't be rude or crude.
(It's Not the Christian Way, ya know?)
ACLU
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Two tons of Christmas cards would freeze their operations because they wouldn't know if any were regular mail containing contributions.. So spend 39 cents and tell the ACLU to leave Christmas alone. Also tell them that there is no such thing as a Holiday Tree. . . . It's a Christmas Tree! Also, send this to your e-mail buddies.
2006-11-26 14:16:33 · answer #1 · answered by Lily P 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wal-Mart will put "Christmas" back into the holidays this year, the retailer plans to announce Thursday.
A year after religious and other groups boycotted retailers, including Wal-Mart (WMT), for downplaying Christmas, the world's largest retail chain will have an in-your-face Christmas theme this year.
"We, quite frankly, have learned a lesson from last year," says Wal-Mart spokeswoman Linda Blakley. "We're not afraid to use the term 'Merry Christmas.' We'll use it early, and we'll use it often."
Wal-Mart told about 7,000 associates of the plans at a conference last month and "was met with rapturous applause. ... We know many of our customers will feel the same," says John Fleming, Wal-Mart's executive vice president of marketing.
Fleming says the retailer, which recently lowered prices on toys and electronics, will be pitching Christmas almost as much as "value" to holiday shoppers.
New this year:
• A TV ad trumpeting Christmas will air for the first time next week. Wal-Mart also will air TV ads along with the Salvation Army mentioning Christmas.
• The name of the department with Christmas decorating needs will change from The Holiday Shop, which it was for the past several years, to The Christmas Shop.
• Store signs will count down the days until Christmas, and Christmas carols will be piped throughout the season.
• About 60% more merchandise will be labeled "Christmas" rather than "holiday" this year over last.
The Christmas spirit is spreading. Macy's, the largest U.S. department store chain, plans to have "Merry Christmas" signs in all departments. All of Macy's window displays will have Christmas themes. At New York's Herald Square, the theme will be "Oh, Christmas Tree."
"Our intention is to make every customer feel welcomed and appreciated, whether they celebrate Christmas or other holidays," spokesman Jim Sluzewski says.
As at Wal-Mart, Macy's employees are encouraged to consider wishing customers holiday greetings that are appropriate to their race or religion, including Happy Kwanzaa or Feliz Navidad.
Sometimes, even the best intentions can backfire. The Catholic League, one of the groups fighting what it calls the Christmas Wars, says a member alerted it that Macy's was pitching a "Happy Hanukkah" gift card but not a "Merry Christmas" one.
After he was contacted by the group, Sluzewski determined a production "glitch" meant the Merry Christmas gift cards were available everywhere but in its Western region, where there were plenty of Happy Hanukkah gift cards.
"We are correcting the problem," Sluzewski says. "Of all the cards to have a glitch with."
I believe CHRIST should be a part of CHRISTMAS after all he is the REASON for the SEASON!
2006-11-26 21:42:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sad_Eyes 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I'm still upset that they have decided to do away with their layaway. They were one of the only stores left that still offered it. Now what are we supposed to do at Christmas time? You know in retail we are not supposed to wish a Merry Christmas anymore because it might offend someone we can only say Happy Holidays.
2006-11-26 21:50:17 · answer #3 · answered by Marenight 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Chalk up another victory for the hysterical and the intolerant in the totally fictional "War on Christmas".
It's always comforting to know that common sense and consistency will never conquer religious insecurity.
2006-11-27 17:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I don't care, because I rarely shop there anyway; it's crowded, messy, the clerks don't know s&*^ about their own products, and I don't need the added stress or hassle to save a few dollars. Besides, I only wish people "Merry Christmas" on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
2006-11-26 21:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by Flea© 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They should mention Christmas. Who is behind all these ideas that remove anything Christian from society? There are more Christans than not and it seems as if the non Christians usually "win".
If retailers are capitolizing on the holidays, they should mention it. Although, I boycott Walmart altogether for many other reasons, I give them props for its change of mind.
2006-11-26 22:14:07 · answer #6 · answered by Just Amber 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In part we can thank Bill O'reilly for this turn of events...GO BILL!
After all is said and done, it is people who celebrate Christmas who do the purchasing at Wally world at Christmas time and keep their boat afloat, money-wise. I think it's appropriate to say Merry Christmas. If you don't do Christmas, just reply with Happy Holidays. How hard is that?
2006-11-26 22:37:02 · answer #7 · answered by whitefleur369 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It does not matter to me one way or another. I have my personal beliefs and I don't care if they say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. I just don't see why people get so worked up over something like this when there are children dying every second in the third world countries. That is what people should be so worked up about in my opinion.
2006-11-26 21:34:52 · answer #8 · answered by rosey 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
People are so money hungry today. That is so stupid, let them boycott, if they did that to me I would be like, okay do whatever you want.
2006-11-27 19:38:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason that Wal-Mart and other retailers have done that is because not everybody celebrates Christmas, other religions do have their traditions too such as Jewidism celebrates Passover and Hannaka, so they don't liked being told to have a "MERRY CHRISTMAS" when they would be please with "HAPPY HOLIDAYS".
2006-11-26 21:54:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋