Happy birthday!
I was just at a Christmas Fair at alma mater, a Catholic high school. One of the ladies selling goods wore a button that said “It’s OK to say Merry Christmas to me.” I like that.
I went to the stores yesterday. If what I saw is any indication, this is going to be a very lean Christmas for the retailers. No crowds at Walmart, Staples, or Home Depot. Bass Pro Shops had the biggest crowds, but even they were not a whole lot busier than normal.
Even the street traffic seemed light by comparison to prior years.
That’s right Kohl’s is only providing kosher advertising to our country’s Jews, not the Christians....please people, what are you thinking. They’re PR department is trying to keep all our Muslim, Catholic, Christian, and Atheists away!/s
Yeah...Hobby Lobby is on the list!
>> LYNCHBURG, Va. — A Christian advocacy group has some advice for Christians as they prepare to do their Christmas shopping: Don’t shop at stores that censor the word “Christmas.”
The “Naughty List” names stores that make no mention of Christmas in their advertising, vaguely observing the “season” or “holiday” instead. The list includes Gap, Kohl’s, Bloomingdale’s and Marshalls, to name a few. <<
Hopefully there is more to this. From the story you don’t see any evidence of censorship.
Best Buy mentions ‘Christmas delivery’ and sells a Christmas gift card.
If they honor that fictitious Commy holiday I don’t want to go near the place.
But if Kohls doesn’t follow through, get a message to this website!
I think that Target should be on the Naughty List because they will NOT allow the Salvation Army Bell Ringers to be at their stores. They won’t see my feet in their store, that’s for sure.
Down in Baton Rouge there "used" to be a store called Goudchaux's, run by a family of devout Jews (the Sternbergs). They had THE BIGGEST Christmas spread of any store in the area. (The "used to be" part happened after they tried to grow outside their expertise, and spread branches in other states).
As an aside, Kohl’s is not owned and operated by the Kohl family. I’m pretty sure that they were bought out in the early 70s and transformed from mostly a grocer to a department store chain shortly thereafter. Herb Kohl might have stayed on for a few years but he hasn’t been a part of that company for years.
Merry Christmas!
CVS actually had real CHRISTMAS carols like”Joy to the World” playing and the roof did NOT cave in!!!!Who knew?
I would expect Kohl to be a German name. There used to be a chain of Kohl’s supermarkets in Wisconsin, and I assumed they were of the same origin as the Kohl that subsequently (my impression) got into the department store business, but never heard anyone in Wisconsin mention Kohl as being Jewish.
Likewise, I'm entering Coke Rewards points and I see that they have free Holiday screensavers. One has Santa and a tree and H.H. Another has a December calendar page with holly leaves on Christmas Day, but says H.H.
A generic greeting on a card is one thing, but, HELLO, if you're making something specifically for Christmas, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO MENTION IT!!
Wait, wait, wait. I’m confused. I thought we didn’t like the commercial aspect of Christmas, and I often hear complaints that it is “too commercialized.” So why do we care if retailers don’t link shopping, shopping, shopping with Christmas? Just cook up a batch of fruit cakes to send to friends and family. ;)
Are we sure about Macy’s? They light something they call the ‘Great Tree’ every year around this time. It looks just like a Christmas tree to me.
As much as I personally dislike Wal-mart, and how they treat their employees, I have noticed that they now say “Merry Christmas”. I commented on this, and was told the store relaxed their rules, and allow this. Perhaps it’s just the one, but as Wal-mart acts a lot like the Borg, I think the corporate policy changed this year.
Huh. Wonder where Victoria’s Secret resides on the naughty-nice continuum...
Sears is showing up on this site’s “Naughty” list. I was just at Sears. All the entrances have big “Merry Christmas” signs by the door.
It looks to me like Sears IS openly celebrating Christmas.