Posted on 11/27/2006 9:20:25 AM PST by dcrider182
Here's a Christmas alert!!
A fairly new Restaurant named "BJ's Brew house" ( www.bjsbrewhouse.com ) is referring all Christmas stuff as "Holiday." IE. "Have your HOLIDAY party here!" I know this because I work for the company as was disgusted to find out about this..
Please inform Corporate that you will not be dining at ANY of the restaurants until they decide to include the word "Christmas". they can be reached at the address above.. and corporate DOES look at every email. BJ'S is still a fairly small Corporation ( NYSE BJRI) with stores in Ca, OR, WA, NV, TX, HA, CO.
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This Holiday, give the gift of "stuff".
Or, alternatively, spend your limited time during this season concentrating on family and friends and things that really matter. :)
In a place like NYC, how else do you refer to the end of year times that include Christmas, Hannukah and Eid?..........
Personally, I intend to "inform Corporate" that I will not be dining at any of their restaurants until they include the word "Hanukkah".
>>>In a place like NYC, how else do you refer to the end of year times that include Christmas, Hannukah and Eid?..........>>>
Oh, didn't you get the memo? Christians are the only ones with a holiday in December.
I mean a Christmas tree is a Christmas Tree. No other religion uses that. But Holiday encompasses all religions for this time of year.
Please people, get over this stupid stuff.
>>>Please inform Corporate that you will not be dining at ANY of the restaurants until they decide to include the word "Christmas".
Personally, I intend to "inform Corporate" that I will not be dining at any of their restaurants until they include the word "Hanukkah".>>>
HA!
Where's "HA?" Haiti?
I agree with using "Hanukkah". Or "Christmas" or any other specific holiday name. I think some people get frustrated that we see all this jingle bell/Christmas tree/gift giving advertising but the holiday that is being referrred to is never mentioned.
The traditions of Hanukkah should be recognized. As things stand now, the "holiday" season images are all about Christmas but because of political correctness, people have decided that we have a "holiday" season with lots of "holidays" , but won't recognize any specific holiday.
Fer real.......There are much bigger problems to attend.......like what color of ribbons do you use when you send a Christmas gift to your Jewish friends?.........
Hawaii
thanks rider- not that there's a store near me, but always good to see these companies that haven't got the nuts to express traditional sentiments. http://sacredscoop.com
BUMP!!!
Did Clinton buy this place?
WTF???
Maybe they didn't have enough room to put'Have your Christmas Party and New Years party here'
Political Correctness:
”A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
By spreading this definition around, perhaps we can employ one of the more effective methods of deflating and defeating the fools who practice and promote it: RIDICULE.
Unless stopped – and soon – PC will DESTROY Western Civilization -- if it hasn’t already.
PASS IT ON!!
Is "BJ's Brew House" certified kosher? If not, Jews should not schedule a Chanukah party there.
Is "BJ's Brew House" certified Halal? If not, Moslems should not schedule an Eid party there.
"BJ's Brew House" does not mention Christmas, therefore, Christians should not schedule a Christmas party there.
I hope they are well stocked on aluminum poles for Festivus.
I would not dine at any restaurant that included the word "Hanukkah" in its advertisements but wasn't certified kosher.
That makes sense; people on this thread are certainly practicing Festivus, particularly the "Airing of Grievances". :)
I object to them being called "BJ's". This is a family oriented web site, but I think we all know that this term can offend people.
Christmas and Chanukka. Eid is Jan 20th this time around. I don't think Jan 20 qualifies as 'end of year'. Besides, how much retail money is spent on Eid presents each year? Should be next to none, unless you count food.
Also, 70 to 90 percent of the people in this country celebrate Christmas in one way or another. If retailers backhand Christmas, in favor of the generic 'holidays' phrasing, they do so at the risk of hurting their own bottom line.
No kidding. This is my second year where I'm making gifts. Luckily I know how to knit and sew. Last year was the best Christmas we had because we cut out the commercialism and focused on family, friends and religion. This year, everyone is getting fun socks and felted gloves. My adult kids loved it and are starting to try to do similar.
Do you think they may want people to celebrate New Year's there too? A restaurant might get a pass unlike store which people buy gifts for Christmas and not New Year's. You might want to think about this first.
Now, how can you expect people to get a good bout of righteous indignation going, if they THINK about it first!?!?!?
This particular person's post was in reference to a restaurant. I don't know about Eid, but people do have office parties and such at restaurants. The point I was making, though, was that retailers and restauranteurs are simply trying not to offend any one segmant at the expense of another. This whole "holidays" thing is just plain silly.........
>>>Fer real.......There are much bigger problems to attend.......like what color of ribbons do you use when you send a Christmas gift to your Jewish friends?.........>>>
I give Christmas presents to my Jewish friends. They don't mind.
On that we agree.
Except for any pagans out there celebrating Yule or one of its modern non-Christian incarnations.
Happy HannaRamdaKwanzmas!
I know, but I don't use red or green or gold ribbons. I use Blue and White ribbons.............
I wonder if their Muzak plays "I'm Dreaming of a White Holiday."
If so, "Corporate" is right next door, in the building to the right as you face the restaurant entrance.
BTW I'm not big on the commercialization of Christmas, so it doesn't bother me much when commerce ignores it...plus New Year's Day is also a holiday to it is sort of a holyday/holiday "season."
Speaking of cards though, this is another example of PC run amok: a few weeks ago, I was at Barnes & Noble, and I saw their display of "Holiday cards." That did not offend me, since there were cards for Christmas, Season's Greetings and Chanukah all on the table. But what did make me laugh was the box of cards that I bought. It contained several different designs: Madonna and Child, a Nativity scene, the Magi, etc. I got to the register and started to laugh -- the box said "Holiday Cards." The cashier asked what was so funny, and I showed her the box. I then asked "what holiday could this possibly be????" She rolled her eyes, and then laughed along with me at the absurdity of it all.
That said, this whole controversy cost me someone I'd considered a friend. Last year, I got an e-mail from her saying that she was no longer going to say "Merry Christmas" to anyone because she was Jewish and she didn't like it. I pointed out to her that I'm not Jewish but I always wished her a Happy Chanukah, even though any observant Jew will tell you that Chanukah is not as important to Jews as Christmas is to Christians; it's only become more important because of its proximity to Christmas. She got very pi$$y and I haven't heard from her since.
It's a shame, because I enjoyed her company. I'd had a lot of fun with her and her family over the years.
They serve a lot of pork.
Actually, Christmas day is a National Holiday as well as a religious Holyday. Chanukah is not a National Holiday...maybe it should be, but it isn't.
I wouldn't mind if they turned it into a national holiday -- it's 8 days, after all!
At the university where I worked, I called it "Hannamas" because we had a lot of Jewish faculty and student.
"I believe it deserves it's own thread."
Believe you are mistaken...
Christmas has 12 days.
But only 1 is a national holiday.
Maybe they are just late, and wanted to host a bunch of beer bashes for Ramadan.
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