This Christmas I buy Coca Cola

[lawgirl]

Do you want to teach the world to sing now and buy them a coke? :)

[cyborg]

Dec.26 It's a let down after one gets neato presents for christmas.

[gidget7]

currentcatalogonline.com :) They delivery pretty quickly

[cyborg]

Well you'll be staying at home then *LOL*

[LibWhacker]

Hmmm . . . Is it fair to just go to their webpage and see if they mention Christmas? For instance, Macys does.

[Ohioan from Florida]

It was people being kind to each other. The way they USED to be. Helping each other. Strangers helping each other.

The good ole days! And the days after 9/11, we all remembered again what faith, hope, and charity were! I pray that during this Holy Season, we remember what Love really is.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Looks like I'll be heading to WalMart tomorrow!

[Ohioan from Florida]

That's a neat idea! Thanks!

[Ohioan from Florida]

Thanks so much! Maybe I'll order some birthday cards to get the New Year off on the right foot while I'm at it!

[gidget7]

You are very welcome, and Merry Christmas! LOL

[investigateworld]

"...this Holy Season..."
Amen

[Racehorse]

Hmmm . . . Is it fair to just go to their webpage and see if they mention Christmas? For instance, Macys does.

I suppose that would have to count, since thousands of people must surely see it.  If you think a company expresses a "Merry Christmas" Spirit," give em a plug.

[FreedomCalls]

I'm talking about the American Santa Claus. He looks nothing like Saint Nicolas. I've never seen a Santa at the mall in a bishop's miter

Here's Snopes' take on it:

Coca-Cola had a great deal to do with establishing Santa Claus as a ubiquitous Christmas figure in America at a time when the holiday was still making the transition from a religious observance to a largely secular and highly commercial celebration. In an era before color television (or commercial television of any kind), color films, and the widespread use of color in newspapers, it was Coca-Cola's magazine advertisements, billboards, and point-of-sale store displays that exposed nearly everyone in America to the modern Santa Claus image. Coca-Cola certainly helped make Santa Claus one of the most popular men in America.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I'm having trouble finding wrapping paper with a nativity scene or wise men, anything along those lines.

Ask and ye shall receive! Some ideas:

1) Create your own.
2) Buy this "Nativity Classic" paper from Current Catalog
3) Or this Three Wise Men wrapping paper, also from Current Catalog. There are also matching labels for that pattern!
4) And this is REALLY neat paper, from XaltGear.

Then when you're done, buy a Hail to the Chief Jack-in-the-Box (on sale now at Target) for your favorite Republican friend.

[Splatter]

Kwanzaa.. Grrrr.. I went to a "holiday light display" in our town last night with my Mom(it was her Birthday).. you know, purty lights at the speedway. Light displays that you drive through (not for me but..). The second display in was a "Happy Kwanzaa" display. There were the 12 days of .. oh! they forgot **that word** on the signs, got the 12 days right though. And don't forget the dinosaurs in lights, because nothing says **that word** like dinosaurs. Then to top it off we went under the "Happy Holiday" arch. In the whole display **that word** was never seen. It was the cheesiest, PC, left coast hunk of advertisement I have ever seen. I bit my tongue and let Mom have fun, but I was left with the impression that it is the season of Kwanzaa where dinosaurs and snowmen sing about 12 days of something...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

While I agree that Coca Cola does a good job (by and large) with its Christmastime advertising, just remember that Yassir Arafat made a BUNCH of money off of his Coca Cola bottling plant in Ramallah which funded, in part, homicide bombers.

[Splatter]

MMmmmm... Rum-n-Coke and a crackling fire! Have A Very Merry Christmas!... and be safe ;^)

[Ohioan from Florida]

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!

[Racehorse]

. . . just remember that Yassir Arafat made a BUNCH of money off of his Coca Cola bottling plant in Ramallah which funded, in part, homicide bombers.

Please.  I don't think Santa worked there, nor do I believe he packed bombs for Hamas or Hezbellah.  ( Giving you a very Merry Christmas smile )

I think most of us simply wish to encourage a return to "Merry Christmas" in this thread.

[Prime Choice]

Dec.26 It's a let down after one gets neato presents for christmas.

And let us not forget: Christmas is a time of love and joy and brotherhood and peace...

...but at 12:01 AM, December 26th, it's back to "Up yers, buster!"

;o)