but they had the Easter Jesus in both black and white.
Posted on 11/09/2005 11:50:22 AM PST by big'ol_freeper
WAL-MART BANS CHRISTMAS:
BOYCOTT LAUNCHED
A woman who recently complained to Wal-Mart that the store was replacing “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays” received an e-mail response from Customer Service. It appears below in its exact form:
“Walmart is a world wide organization and must remain conscious of this. The majority of the world still has different practices other than ‘christmas’ which is an ancient tradition that has its roots in Siberian shamanism. The colors associated with ‘christmas’ red and white are actually a representation of of the aminita mascera mushroom. Santa is also borrowed from the Caucuses, mistletoe from the Celts, yule log from the Goths, the time from the Visigoth and the tree from the worship of Baal. It is a wide wide world.”
To which Catholic League president Bill Donohue says: “This statement was signed by someone called Kirby. When I read it, I thought he might be drunk. But I was wrong. We sent Kirby’s response to Wal-Mart’s headquarters only to find that Dan Fogleman, Senior Manager, Public Relations, agrees. After acknowledging that he read Kirby’s response, Fogleman said, in part, the following”:
“As a retailer, we recognize some of our customers may be shopping for Chanukah or Kwanza gifts during this time of year and we certainly want these customers in our stores and to feel welcome, just as we do those buying for Christmas. As an employer, we recognize the significance of the Christmas holiday among our family of associates…and close our stores in observance, the only day during the year that we are closed.”
Bill Donohue says: “It’s nice to know that Wal-Mart is closed on a federal holiday. Now here is why I am asking the leaders of 126 religious organizations that span seven religious communities to boycott Wal-Mart. Go to its website and search for Hanukkah and up come 200 items. Click on Kwanzaa and up come 77. Click on Christmas, and here’s what you get: ‘We’ve brought you to our ‘Holiday’ page based on your search.’ In other words, Wal-Mart is practicing discrimination.”
LOLOLOL!!!! Let's add a few more metaphors into the mix....I just had a hoot with the imagery!!!
And the "Holiday Tree" outside the U.S. Capitol Building doesn't bother you?
Before the stores open their doors in the morning, management has to slink away to locked offices so the public can't see their horns and cloven hooves!
You can just feel the eeeeeevil flowing from those bastions of capitalist greed.
Eeeewwww. Icky.
Went to the link: 12 toys of christmas.
Is this what the Catholic League is complaining about, that Walmart isn't being open and honest enough about selling us toys for 12 days of christmas?
Christmas is a deeply significant religious holiday, not an excuse for excessive consumption. Why the Catholic league is complaining about Walmart trying to help us out in that regard is beyond me.
Except for the minor fact that searching for Christmas brings up a Christmas tree (labeled as such) with a link to all things Christmas.
Your comment that they "refuse to acknowledge Christmas" is what, then? Did you "mis-speak"?
And so? Just about any common item has been worshiped for myriad purposes. It has happened whether or not the Bible has documented it or not. You'd have to be satisfied to have an empty house.
I really agree with them. Jewish families celebrate Hannakuh, not Christmas. I think it's stupid to act like Christmas is a dirty word, but in retail you do have to consider all your customers. Capitalism and all.
"Everything? I don't think so. Some stuff, but you'll find Chinese-made goods in every store in this country. I think you're incorrect, there, Jim." Wal-Mart spent $18 billion on goods from Chinese suppliers in 2004. They spent $150 billion on goods from US suppliers. The poster hasn't a clue about what it speaks.
I just e-mailed the Catholic League to tell them that if they would bother to actually step foot in a Wal-Mart & look for themselves they'd realize how stupid their press release is.
The Catholic League = Anti-Defamation League.
So you were so po'ed that you missed the link right below that specifically reads Not what you're looking for? View a list of items that match your search for "christmas".
'e's repressing me!
It is not that at all....
When you search for "Christmas" it returns so many results that it takes you to the Wal-Mart main "Holiday" page. But if you REALLY want to see all their items with the word "Christmas in it (all 7970) you just click the link.
You get the SAME type of results if you search for "garden". It says "We've brought you to our "Garden and Patio" page based on your search."
"Christmas is such a broad term, it just takes you to the Holiday portion of the website.
Wal Mart is already a last resort for me anyway, regardless of the validity of this report.
The merchandise is crap, its crowded and it has a third-world feel to it. There are pallets of stuff sitting in the ailes which are narrow to begin with, fwiw.
Looks like a labor union dirty trick campaign. The unions can't organize Walmart and use every underhanded trick in the book to get the union dues of 142,000 people.
Oh, and have you ever fastened your Christmas tree with "nails" so it "will not totter"? I've see all kinds of devices (especially in the presence of frisky pets) but oddly enough, never nails.
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