Wal-Mart goes back to "Merry Christmas"

[H a r o l d]

Wal-Mart has decided to go back to using "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" in their stores and on their advertisements this holiday season.

"This holiday season, Wal-Mart isn't trumpeting big bargains only. It's also bringing "Christmas" back into its marketing, after several years of playing down the term.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Christmas cheer seems to be a hot trend this season as several other retailers including Kohl's Corp. and Macy's, a division of Federated Department Stores Inc., are also stepping up their Christmas marketing. The moves respond to mounting criticism from religious groups that staged boycotts against Wal-Mart and other merchants after they eliminated or de-emphasized "Christmas" in their advertising.

"We learned a lesson from that. Merry Christmas is now part of the vocabulary here at Wal-Mart," said Linda Blakley, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman...."

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Personally, I think they should have just stuck with "Happy Holidays"

[Elephantitis Man]

I don't really care. I like Christmas.

[Ender]

Yes either way it's their company they can promote christmas as much as they would like. It's really just mindless extremist bickering to say something like i won't be having my kids exposed to this kind of religous close mindedness

[gomp]

almost makes you want to convert to jewdism and slap them with a lawsuit

[H a r o l d]

It should be "Happy Holidays". And yes, I really don't mind either way, but what I DO mind is Christian groups going as far to BOYCOTT Wal-Mart for RECOGNIZING THAT SOME PEOPLE AREN'T CHRISTIAN.

[The_Big_Beef]

Im happy theyre doing this. Its bullshit that a bunch of radical non-christians should go out and ruin it for everyone just because theyre jealous they dont have a holiday celebrated near as much as christmas is.

[LostCause]

It's more politically correct to say Happy Holidays and this is a free country where all religions should be respected. However, this is a country based on supposed Christian values, therefore I don't see anything specifically wrong with it.

It's not like they're saying "Merry Christmas... and fuck all you other motherfuckers."

Cheers,

Lost

[firekitty751]

Christmas has become less of a religious holiday anyway.

Where I work, we're not allowed to play christmas music.

I don't see why they can't just play it, then throw in a few songs about menorahs and stuff.

[Peanutbutter Soup]

quote:Originally posted by The_Big_Beef:

Im happy theyre doing this. Its bullshit that a bunch of radical non-christians should go out and ruin it for everyone just because theyre jealous they dont have a holiday celebrated near as much as christmas is.

While I can agree with you, are the Christians who go out of their way to protest and boycott stores using "Happy Holidays" any less radical? The only Christians who really give that much of a damn about a store's holiday slogan are the ones who are perfectly willing to stir up trouble themselves.

However, given the nature of this country, disputes like this are inevitable and are usually without any sort of solution that won't end in some form of turmoil.

[Digital_Savior]

quote:Originally posted by LostCause:

It's more politically correct to say Happy Holidays and this is a free country where all religions should be respected. However, this is a country based on supposed Christian values, therefore I don't see anything specifically wrong with it.

It's not like they're saying "Merry Christmas... and fuck all you other motherfuckers."

Cheers,

Lost

ROFL !!!

OMG, I love you sometimes.

Thanks for the laugh.