Committee To Save Merry Christmas

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[ElkGroveDan]

Committee to 

Save Merry Christmas

PO Box 251
Orangevale, California 95662-0251

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The War:

A covert and deceptive war has been waged on Christmas to remove any mention of it from the public square during the Christmas season. During the past several years, and with great effectiveness, we have observed a consistent and relentless move to culturally pressure merchants, businessmen and individuals to remove the words “Merry Christmas” from their advertising, decorations and promotional materials.

The festive atmosphere of the past that surrounded the Christmas season in department stores which energized shoppers, supported their culture and tradition, and excited them to select just the right gift for friends and family for the Christmas celebration has been severely diminished. For many, the atmosphere has become offensive and devoid of any meaning.

Our Goal:

The primary goal of the Committee to Save Merry Christmas is to preserve the culture and tradition of the vast majority of Americans that celebrate and honor Christmas. Christmas is a nationally declared federal holiday that has been observed from the inception of our nation. 

 

In the past several years, the term “Merry Christmas” has been deliberately and intentionally excluded from major retailers like Federated Department Stores. The words “Merry Christmas” have been deliberately and intentionally removed from their decorations and advertising. Taking their place are non-celebratory phases like “Seasons Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.” When did it become offensive to display or say, “Merry Christmas”? 

This intentional and deliberate exclusion of “Merry Christmas” in the Federated Department Stores advertising and decorations is extremely offensive to the culture and tradition of Americans who honor and celebrate Christmas.

Each Christmas season, every kind of decoration, advertising gimmick and sales promotion is hoisted upon the general public by Federated Department Stores directing the public to purchase their merchandise for the Christmas celebration...all the while never mentioning the word, "Christmas." This deliberate and intentional exclusion of “Merry Christmas” by Federated Department Stores with substitute un-celebratory phases is thoughtless, condescending and hurtful.

Should you--the purchasing public--who honors the American tradition and culture of Christmas, continue to purchase Christmas gifts from Federated Department Stores when they deliberately and intentionally refuse to acknowledge Christmas? Our committee believes you should not! Federated Department Stores did not hesitate to advertise “After Christmas Sales.” Federated Department Stores are very willing to use the word “Christmas” when it suits their needs.

Encouraging a Boycott:

The Committee to Save Merry Christmas contacted the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors of Federated Department Stores by mail in an attempt to negotiate a solution acceptable both to the Committee and Federated Department Stores. Federated Department Stores has remained silent. Due to their silence and refusal to enter into meaningful negotiations, the Committee has no other choice, but to organize a nationwide boycott of Federated Department Stores. We are launching our boycott with the 2004 Christmas shopping season. The Committee is prepared to maintain and extend this boycott beyond the 2004 Christmas shopping season until our concerns are addressed.

Federated Department Stores annual financial success is primarily determined by sales and revenues that are realized during the Christmas season. Should Federated Department Stores show no increase in sales or a two to six percent reduction of sales compared with the previous year, corporate profits and bonuses for the current year will be significantly reduced or eliminated. A strategically targeted boycott by a relatively few well organized persons can put enormous pressure on Federated Department Stores.

The Committee is directing every person, family and organization offended by Federated Department Stores practices to boycott their stores. Refrain from shopping in their stores during the Christmas shopping season. A year long boycott is optional. The Committee is asking every supporter to spread the boycott to anyone who is sympathetic and to visit our website often for instructions, updates and a more complete listing of all Federated Department Stores.

 

Click here to see what you can do in your own area.

 

List of Federated Department Store chains:

 

Bloomingdale's	Lazarus-Macy's
Bon-Macy's	Macy's East
Burdine's-Macy's	Macy' West
Goldsmith's-Macy's	Rich's Macy's

 

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[Coleus]

[tygerkittn]

I don't think they're going far enough. I think if all Christian shoppers would spend one Christmas shopping only at small Christian retail stores, it would end this nonsense immediately! The gifts would be more meaningful, people wouldn't overspend and go into debt, and we wouldn't be giving our money to stores that belittle our faith! Please check out this website
www.boycottsantaforchristssake.com for more info.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

This truly is important, just like "one nation, under God" is in our Pledge. It's all about lording a totalitarian god over us, instead of us being free to worship, or not worship, GOD. We must fight these anti-God Marxist terrorists every time they file a lawsuit--and we must go on the offensive and put them out of the extortion business. GRRRR!

[Melas]

Thanks, it's always been a pet peeve of mine. Incidentally, Christmas is an official, Federal US Holiday, signed into law by President Hiram Grant on June 26, 1870,

Who is Hiram Grant? Ulysses Simpson Grant was president in 1870. I'd love to know where this Hiram comes from.

[Coleus]

Hiram is his first name.

[Coleus]

Saving 'Merry Christmas'

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

 

PHOTOS

VIDEO

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LOS ANGELES — It isn’t exactly the season for “Jingle Bells” and Santa Claus, but one man is on a crusade to save Christmas anyway.

Manuel Zammarano has formed the Committee to Save Merry Christmas (search) to protest the fact that big retailers profit from Christmas shopping dollars but refuse to mention the holiday by name.

His group has boycotted Federated Department Stores Inc. (search), which owns Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s, for collecting Christmas cash without giving Christmas credit for all the end-of-year gift buying.

Federated issued a statement saying phrases like “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays” embrace all religious and ethnic celebrations that take place in November and December and are more appropriate for the “many diverse cultures in America today.”

Macy’s also points out that it features Santa in its parade and plays Christmas music in its stores.

But Zammarano says that such gestures mean little as long as retailers give in to political correctness.

Go to the video box near the top of this story to watch a report by FOX News' William La Jeunesse.

[ElkGroveDan]

Thanks for the ping. I'll call Manny tomorrow and congratulate him. I helped him launch this thing last year, but I wasn't aware that he was going to keep it going.

[Coleus]

Is he keeping it going?

[Larry Lucido]

Yep. See my tagline.

[doug from upland]

The word Christmas was nowhere to be found in Vons or Staters Brothers markets.

[cubreporter]

Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas everybody

Merry Christmas to all!

[ElkGroveDan]

Yes.

[Leeron]

To: All Members
Merry Christmas to you all!

[godzonekiwi]

This really bugs me, too. I found a t-shirt that I’m wearing, when I do my Christmas shopping. That says “I don’t celebrate Holiday, I celebrate Christmas. Take a look at the website: http://www.christianshirts.net/designs.php?id=239

And help spread the word “Merry Christmas!”

[cubreporter]

Oh Merry Christmas is in all our correspondence. This year in fact we bought nothing bur religious cards and...they say Merry Christmas. I don’t know about the rest of this country but in this household and mine before and those yet to come it will ALWAYS be Merry Christmas. NO ONE will ever take that from us. NO ONE!

[larry99]

I bought a similar shirt at http://www.vchristianstore.com