Posted on 11/30/2005 3:11:56 PM PST by churchillbuff
Below find a list of the major department stores across the country and where they stand on using Christmas in their holiday advertising and other promotions.
JCPenney: "Christmas" mentioned in print ads & other advertising
Federated Department Stores (Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, Filene's, Marshall Fields): "Christmas" mentioned in print ads & other advertising Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate
Dillard's: "Christmas" mentioned in print ads & other advertising
FAO Schwarz: Using "Holiday" this year in advertising materials Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate
Toys 'R' Us: Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate (no official policy)
KB Toys: Using "Happy Holidays" this year in advertising materials Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate (no official policy)
Costco: No advertising, but company leans towards "Happy Holidays" for in-store promos
BJ's Wholesale Club: Using "holiday season" this year in advertising materials Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate
Wal-Mart: Using "Happy Holidays" this year in advertising materials Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate
Sears & Kmart: Kmart will not use "Christmas" in its advertising Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate
Kohl's: Kohl's does not disclose its advertising strategies Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate
Target: Did not return phone calls
Wow! Just imagine if Bill O'Reilly put this much effort into researching other topics!!
What about Tractor Supply? TSCO....
-PJ
As each year passes, and as the focus of this time of year shifts more and more toward commerce (stores open on Thanksgiving; shoppers lined up for blocks before daybreak on Black Friday; analysis of the numbers for Cyber Monday; marketing strategies that determine what greeting employees will use with customers; boycotts or threatened boycotts against retailers who don't do it a certain way) the more I regret that the day on which we celebrate the birth of the Savior falls at the end of the business year. What a travesty.
Thanks for posting.
Thank you for posting this. If a store doesn't want Christmas mentioned, they don't want Christmas money, either.
Dear Bill,
You are completely unglued...as is anyone who expends energy and emotion over this silly issue.
I'd think that you Christians would be mad at the retail chains who use Christmas to sell geegaws and junk.
Instead you're mad at these stores for NOT commercializing your religious holiday.
Color me confusified.
Thank you!
What about Taco Bell? If Taco Bell doesn't wish me a merry enchirito, I don't see how I can ever dine there again.
Tractor supply... one of my favorite stores. Sadly none close to where I live.
You can at least own their stock...tsco...still undiscovered story imho.
I can see your point. And many Christians do not like the commercialization of the Christmas holiday. However, the issue isn't the commercialization...its the effort to not even recognize that the holiday is of Christian origin (All right already, the Christians coverted some pagen rituals or something. We all know that tired old post is coming soon.). Anyway, it is more of an effort to rid the original meaning of the holiday (Holy Day) that is offensive. When companies start canceling the Dec. 25th vacation day then I will believe they are serious.
I say happy holidays now because Christmas is too far off. Makes sense. You cover ALL the holidays including Thanksgiving.
When we are closer to Christmas then I will say Merry Christmas. heh
It's simple, really.
These same merchants that find Christmas, the word, offensive, still want Christians to buy their Christmas presents from them.
Christians who find liberals efforts to eradicate all signs of Christ from public discourse bewildering or threatening simply don't want to risk offending those same merchants by spending their offensive Christmas dollars in their stores.
Signed,
The Clarifier :-)
>Employees are free to use any holiday greeting that they feel is appropriate (no official policy)
I think this is the best solution!
Some employees are Christian, some are not; ditto the customers.
Leaving it up to the individuals, that seems the least intrusive. If I were working in a store I'd be annoyed if the management told me what I had to say!
For myself I am happy to get any cheerful & well intentioned greeting, at any time of the year.
"the chorus was singing 'Happy Hondadays!'"...
At least they aren't wishing us a Happy Hondazaa, or Hondakhuh!
Thank you, Good Night!
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