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My sister told me that my neice wanted a gift cert. for Christmas for either Target or a supermarket near her first apartment.

I told my sister I am boycotting Target, so I will go with the supermarket.

My husband and I have purchased so many things from Lowes, but since they renamed Christmas trees to holiday tress, I won't be shopping there until after Christmas, and maybe never.

When I call a big box store and they say: "Happy Holidays," I cheerfully say: "Merry Christmas." I don't blame the workers; they want to keep their jobs.

Just a few examples of what I'm doing.

Good for you! We can either roll over and play dead or deal with this in a way that lets these retailers know that there are people who consider their policies to be anti-Christian. I haven't shopped at Target since they kicked out the Salvation Army. I will be smiling and saying "Merry Christmas" to every clerk with whom I do business.

And by the way, Merry Christmas to you!

I am boycotting Target, so I will go with the supermarket. My husband and I have purchased so many things from Lowes, but since they renamed Christmas trees to holiday tress, I won't be shopping there until after Christmas, and maybe never. When I call a big box store and they say: "Happy Holidays," I cheerfully say: "Merry Christmas." I don't blame the workers; they want to keep their jobs.

This is all great--I do the same. But you have to let management know that you're doing it or it won't make much difference. I make it a point to tell the management that I am leaving a store because they refuse to use the word Christmas, or that I am offended that clerks are not permitted to reply when I say "Merry Christmas" to them, or that I am boycotting the store altogether. Otherwise, they have no way of knowing if seasonal sales figures are down because of their absurd PC stance or for some larger unrelated economic reason. When division managers start hearing from store managers that customers are unhappy, headquarters is soon informed too.