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Gap, Old Navy censor 'Christmas,' replace it with 'Holiday'
American Family Association ^ | 12.05.06

Posted on 12/05/2006 1:51:33 PM PST by Coleus

Gap, which owns Old Navy, Banana Republic, Forth & Towne and Piperlime, has become the latest politically correct retailer, intentionally censoring the use of "Christmas" in their in-store, online and printed advertising.

Instead of referring to the season as Christmas, Gap instead uses the word "holiday." As hard as we tried, AFA could not find a single instance in which Gap-owned stores use the term "Christmas." Not a single time!

When one Old Navy store manager was asked by AFA if the word Christmas was in his store, he answered, "We have a lot of Christmas gifts in our stores, but the word Christmas is not used here. Everything is 'holiday.'"

Gap wants you to do your Christmas shopping with them, but they don't want to mention the Reason for the season. Gap doesn't want to offend non-Christians by using Christmas. The fact that their censoring the use of Christmas might offend Christians seems to be of no importance.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: afa; bananarepublic; donwildmon; forthtowne; gap; moralabsolutes; oldnavy; piperlime; waronchristmas; waronchristmas2006
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To: atlaw
Maybe because those same Christians aren't just "avoiding" the stores, but are instead backhandedly incorporating retail sales into Christian theology while pushing people around and telling them what they can and cannot say?

It must be "Purpose-Driven Sales" or somesuch.

61 posted on 12/05/2006 3:26:34 PM PST by BeHoldAPaleHorse (Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!)
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To: CindyDawg
Feel better? :')

Not yet. But a little egg nog, a fire burning briskly, and Bing in the background, and I'll be fine.

62 posted on 12/05/2006 3:30:09 PM PST by atlaw
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse

Oh man. I though I was on a different thread for a second there. From Merry Christmas to calling people queer freaks...shaking my head. I have to go to work.


63 posted on 12/05/2006 3:32:07 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: pandoraou812

Spot on!


64 posted on 12/05/2006 3:32:21 PM PST by Arm_Bears (See Rock City!)
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To: Coleus

Truthfully, I have no problem with this. My favorite Christmas song is "Happy Holidays" sung by Andy Williams.

They still have Christmas themes in their commercials....


65 posted on 12/05/2006 3:33:19 PM PST by graf008 ("My most important function on the Supreme Court is to tell the majority to take a walk." -Scalia)
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To: Coleus

Does Gap carry color-coordinated pliers, electrical tape and vise for Kwanzaa?


66 posted on 12/05/2006 3:33:44 PM PST by sergeantdave (Consider that nearly half the people you pass on the street meet Lenin's definition of useful idiot)
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To: Coleus
I think that I might have been in an Old Navy store once in my life when we were on vacation someplace. I know I didn't buy anything. I've never thought that any of their merchandise was anything special (at least from what I see on their commercials) and I always figured people were just buying from them because they were an "in" brand.

Can't say this move of theirs would entice me to part with any money at one of their stores.

67 posted on 12/05/2006 3:35:05 PM PST by Pablo64 (Ask me about my alpacas!)
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To: CindyDawg
Oh man. I though I was on a different thread for a second there. From Merry Christmas to calling people queer freaks...

Your methodology is identical to the "Queer Nation" freaks. Sorry if holding a mirror up to you makes you uncomfortable.

68 posted on 12/05/2006 3:36:21 PM PST by BeHoldAPaleHorse (Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!)
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To: atlaw

You're right. Economics doesn't drive any decision of retailers ....


69 posted on 12/05/2006 3:54:17 PM PST by graf008 ("My most important function on the Supreme Court is to tell the majority to take a walk." -Scalia)
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To: Pablo64
I think that I might have been in an Old Navy store once in my life >>>

me too. I've noticed the brand is big with the minority population (like Hilfiger used to be) and others who need to purchase a name to look as though they are with the "in crowd". Some people are insecure.
70 posted on 12/05/2006 3:55:27 PM PST by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, geese, algae)
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To: NC28203
A hope filled Advent to you all! >>>

thank you, same to you.

Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!
71 posted on 12/05/2006 3:56:52 PM PST by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, geese, algae)
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To: SuziQ
It took a while to convince SirKit that Gift Cards were a fine gift for me. I don't mind shopping; he hates it, except for eBay, which he can spend hours perusing. But the difference there, is he can do it sitting in his Relax the Back chair with a hot cup of coffee or a cold brew! ;o)

Yes indeed. I am a lot like SirKit. I find the neatest stuff on eBay (the kind of things that make my wife scratch her head).

72 posted on 12/05/2006 4:00:09 PM PST by ElkGroveDan ( What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his own soul?)
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To: gdani

Thanks to Glenn Beck, I actually like the term "Happy Holidays". I don't get upset if a company doesn't want to use the word Christmas. But I do get upset if they call it a "Holiday Tree". That's just silly.


73 posted on 12/05/2006 4:10:17 PM PST by Tao Yin
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To: Coleus

I don't know anyone who would even go in those stores. All my outdoor work clothes come from LL Bean, business work clothes from a men's clothier.

74 posted on 12/05/2006 4:11:03 PM PST by Cobra64 (Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
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To: Coleus
While I'm more than happy to wish you all a Merry Christmas, let's not forget that "Happy Holidays" predates political correctness.

The happy "holidays" in question are Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Now, don't misunderstand me. The ACLU crusade against mangers on public land and the insistence that schoolchildren must not mention Christmas are insupportable.

But sometimes, "Happy Holidays" has a pure and innocent meaning.

75 posted on 12/05/2006 4:28:49 PM PST by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: Coleus

Geez...IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T SHOP THERE...you guys are as bad as the people who don't like Walmart. They're in business to make money...if they don't want to insult their customer base, why on Earth do you care? Not saying Merry Christmas effects you life how? It's the same thing as the atheists who don't want to see the Cross...WHO CARES? how does looking at a cross on public land effect your life?


76 posted on 12/05/2006 4:34:17 PM PST by Hildy ("Death plucks my ear and says - LIVE - I am coming.....")
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To: Hildy
I guess you are not an American. Christmas is a Federal Holiday. Enjoy the day off. It's call Christmas and not "holiday" "holidays" etc. Just like we call it memorial day, labor day, presidents' day, and martin luther king day, it's called Christmas.
77 posted on 12/05/2006 4:37:35 PM PST by Coleus (I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic "adult")
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To: Coleus

IT'S A PRIVATE STORE. THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY WANT AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SHOP THERE OR NOT.


78 posted on 12/05/2006 4:39:12 PM PST by Hildy ("Death plucks my ear and says - LIVE - I am coming.....")
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To: Coleus

I really don't care if they say "Christmas" or not. Although I am offended by their expectation that I should spend money in their establishment just because it's the month of December.


79 posted on 12/05/2006 4:41:31 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (What's the one elected position Ted Kennedy has never held? Designated Driver.)
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To: Hildy
Culture Warrior

The Secular Progressives are at work here.

80 posted on 12/05/2006 4:41:38 PM PST by Coleus (I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic "adult")
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