Since I personally have the freedom to celebrate Christmas anyway I want, it doesn't bother me in the least how a retailer celebrates Christmas. I'm sure the employees of Land's End, celebrate Christmas as they want.
Happy long weekend to all.
I wrote Lands End a couple of weeks ago with similar concerns and received the same ridiculous email from their Customer Service rep. He went further though, and gave me a little lecture, the logic of which was basically that Christians should not want to have any public mention of Christ, Christianity or Christmas.
I got the "Happy Holidays" thing today from Sams Club. My response was Merry Christmas.
It's getting sickening.
Right, freedom OF religion--which means that if Lands End wants to say Merry Christmas, they should, they shouldn't kow-tow to the multi-culti crowd.
Email sent...
Subject: only send me your CHRISTMAS catalog - NOT your holiday catalog
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:54:17 -0500
From: George
To: landsend@landsend.com
I'm responsonding to a letter from Merlin W. Gorsline in your customer service department.
Please send me your CHRISTMAS catalog.
Do not waste your time and send me any catalog that does not celebrate CHRISTMAS. I only purchase declared Christmas gifts.
George & Susan Dom...wski
42 xxx xxx Drive
Southington, CT 06489
P.S. Your current holiday catalog will be trashed
Priceless and brilliant! I will NEVER buy anything from LandsEnd. They also are big sponsors of that hideous talent-free psycho-troll Garrison Keillor.
Does Sears own Land's End?
Wow.
That verbal tap dance is not even good English!
How does one "comply" with a basic freedom?
And the fruitcake writer believes "someone" 'granted' them to us!
A bona-fide marroon!
The response is bombastic, but a non response.
How about I just stay away from the Lands End catalog and let you see if there are enough sodomites to keep you business healthy?
Anybody who believes that freedom of religion crap, I've got this almost-like-new bridge to sell you ...
Do they have delusions of being the government or something? They're not. If they were, they wouldn't be selling Christmas items. That's fine. I wish them well. Good luck. But this Christmas shopper simply won't be buying anything from them. Love? Sure. Money? Nope!
Well maybe I'll order from one of their competitor's Chrismas catalogs.
Liberal wiseass is going to either be exposed as a liar, or he's going to cost his company a chunk of money producing an entirely reworked version of their catalogue.
Perfect timing! I was just about to order from the Land's End catalog....(i'm obviously a bit slow, since I didn't pick up the lack of "Christmas" in the catalog). I will let them know I'm not ordering and the reason why. Of course, if they will send me a Christmas catalog, I'll reconsider. I would love to know exactly what "holiday" these people are celebrating ...if it's not Christmas!?
ps- formerNYer.....and missing that great City.
Even if I accepted "holiday shopping" as a generic marketing excuse, I do not tolerate snide retorts from customer service reps about how not mentioning Christmas is what Jesus would want. And that gently censoring any mention of the name of Christ lest others be offended, is emblematic of true Christian values.
Separation of church and state aside, this season is truly showing me the need to separate shopper from "PC" commercial ventures using my religious beliefs about the reason for the season - selectively - merely as a marketing tool.
Corporate America has succumbed to the ACLU in making CHRISTMAS one giant secular mindless winter festival.
May Lands End have good luck selling kwanzaa parkas and winter solstice thermal underwear.
I don't even know what a Land's End is or what they sell for that matter, but if ANY store wants my money this Christmas, they will acknowledge Christmas. That's MY freedom of choice.
I throw out all cards that say holiday or season greetings.
just emailed to ask which holiday they're celebrating? If not Christmas, guess they don't have any items I can buy as Christmas presents. Also asked that they remove me from their mailing list.
Some people may think this is trivial. But, enough is enough. Would they apply this logic to Hannukah, Kwanza or Ramadan? Seriously, doubt it.