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Xmas 2007: Windows at Saks Fift Avenue NYC

Posted on 11/28/2007 1:16:38 PM PST by NYCocon

No sure if this has started to become a popular topic for posting yet...I thought Freepers might be interested in knowing that today I walked past the windows of S5A in NYC on fifth avenue. The decorating of these windows is an age-old tradition and one that draws huge crowds of tourists. Well, I am not sure if this is the first year but there is basicaly no reference to Christmas at all in the windows. Out of ten or so windows that I quickly walked by there was one grudgingly placed Christmas tree in a corner, period. The rest was only secular symbols of snowmen and "winter people". Not even a single Santa Claus!!!!!!!!!

I thought about saying something to a manager. Then I realized our collective voice would be much louder. Merry Christmas!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: antichristmas; nyc; retail; saks

1 posted on 11/28/2007 1:16:39 PM PST by NYCocon
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To: NYCocon

Good thing you didn’t say anything. You might have been arrested for offending someone. /s


2 posted on 11/28/2007 1:19:20 PM PST by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi)
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To: NYCocon

Irony is using Xmas in the title of this whine.


3 posted on 11/28/2007 1:21:27 PM PST by ASA Vet (Iran should have ceased to exist 11/5/79, but we had no president then.)
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To: NYCocon
And to think the magnificent St. Patrick's Cathedral is just a few steps from the windows. It would be neat to get a picture that shows both in all their glory.
4 posted on 11/28/2007 1:22:08 PM PST by crymeariver (Good news...in a way)
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To: NYCocon
Maybe we need to add Saks Fifth Ave. to the Naughty List!

Group Names Naughty, Nice List Of Stores [no 'Christmas']

5 posted on 11/28/2007 1:23:12 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: NYCocon

What’s wrong with not having Santa? He’s a commercial symbol not a Christian symbol, and anyway they probably have a live “Santa” in the store.


6 posted on 11/28/2007 1:23:57 PM PST by discostu (a mountain is something you don't want to %^&* with)
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To: NYCocon
MERRY TOSSMAS

8^)

7 posted on 11/28/2007 1:25:27 PM PST by The SISU kid (Imagination saved us from extinction)
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To: NYCocon

I understand exactly what you are saying. I personally will not shop at places that deny Christmas. However, I also realize that Christmas is about Jesus and try not to get to caught up in the commercialization aspect.


8 posted on 11/28/2007 1:31:04 PM PST by yellowdoghunter (John 3:16.)
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To: NYCocon

This morning I went to Lord & Taylor where they have the most beautiful Christmas window display! Each one reads, “The Sights...Sounds...Flavors, etc. of Christmas” represented by old-fashioned scenes. The store is also very festively decorated—it put me in quite the Christmas mood! I made a point of complimenting the lady greeter on their Christmas spirit saying I would be returning soon for my shopping.


9 posted on 11/28/2007 2:09:06 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: NYCocon

Videos:

2007 - Lord & Taylor Christmas windows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipydmt_3WMc&feature=related

2007 - 5th Avenue store windows, including Saks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvOXK7PBbM&feature=related


10 posted on 11/28/2007 7:13:03 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
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