Posted on 11/14/2005 9:07:27 AM PST by Solid Oak
Just heard on Fox News that Walmart has abandoned their practive of greeting customers with "Merry Christmas." Also if you look for Christmas gifts on their web site, they send you to a Holiday Gift page. However, they have other gift sites tied to specific religions.
Damn them. Damn them to hell.
I never shop at WalMart anyway because I dont want my money going to Communist China. Avoid WalMart like the plague.
If you just heard that on Fox - Fox is behind the times.
The WalMart website was changed last week - I don't know how many threads there were about it here.
this is a non issue.
If you don't want your money going to communist china, where do you shop? WalMart carries the same products as other retailers and the majority of the products do NOT come from china.
hummmm....is CHINA dictating to Wal-Mart????
Late, late, late. This was thoroughly covered last week, and Walmart has changed its website already and fired the person who wrote the letter that started this all.
It's always worth searching here before posting.
"I never shop at WalMart anyway because I dont want my money going to Communist China. "
Really? Where do you shop that doesn't have Chinese-made goods? Walmart has tons of US-made products. You have to look for them, just as you do at any other store.
They have decided that more people would be upset with a "merry christmas" greeting than will be upset by a "happy holidays" greeting.
Happy Holidays covers all the major holidays and religious observances, without being disrespectful, so I see it as a rational act by a secular corporation.
They have already changed their web policy, and now "christmas" goes to "christmas" like you would expect. They also apologized for an e-mail sent by an employee and fired that employee (answering a charge by the Catholic Defense League).
Maybe you haven't heard that Hannukkah is at the same time. Happy Holidays covers everyone. Since when has the materialistic side of Christ Birthday become Sacred.
The last time I shopped at Wal-Mart, I wanted to complain to the manager about the long lines, but the checkout person did not speak english well enough to understand my request.
Here we go again.
Could those of you really in the know PLEASE set these nimrods straight.
Good on 'em. In case nobody but me has noticed, IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS. It's not even DECEMBER. It's still a week and a half until THANKSGIVING. It's 82 degrees out, and I don't have the things cleaned up from Veterans' Day yet.
If Wal-mart employees refrain from wishing me a Merry Christmas until December 25 (if I should find myself at a Wal-mart that day), then they'll free me from the temptation of responding, "Oh, is today Christmas? My kids are going to be furious ... I totally forgot about it! And why is my husband at work?" or similar heavy sarcasm.
I've never been offended by anyone wishing me Happy Holidays.
Mao don't do Christmas!
I don't blame you for being offended. I'm reworking my Christmas spending habits in response to all of this. Hate Christmas oh retailers of the world? Okay. I can celebrate Christmas without you.
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