Fisher-Price Web Site: "Tradition & Meanings" For Kwaanza, Hanukkah, But Ignores Christmas

FisherPrice.com (The Toy Company's Web Site) ^ | 11/22/02 | Recovering_Democrat

[Spiff]

LMAO! You've hit it right on the head.

Take that, Ron Everett you sadistic scumbag!

[Spiff]

Aw, man, doesn't it seem like Kwanzaa bashing starts earlier and earlier every year. Why, when I was a kid we never started slagging this idiotic, made-up, Marxism-with-a-monorah crap until the day after Thanksgiving.

It is never too early to Kwap on Kwanzaa.

[aruanan]

Here's what I wrote on the Mattel response page:

In your Fisher-Price website, we see the following description of Hanukkah:

"Hanukkah celebrates the victory of Judah Maccabee and his followers over the Syrian King, Antiochus. This king had denied the Jews their religious freedom, and ordered his soldiers to destroy the Temple-which Judah Maccabee and his army restored. While cleaning the Temple, there was only enough oil to light the lamp for one day. But it went on to burn for eight days, which is the miracle Hanukkah commemorates."

It would be a great thing for your description of Christmas to have at least as detailed an overview of why Christmas is celebrated:

Christmas is the time of year
When friends and families meet
To celebrate the birth of Christ
With song and gift and feast

The angels sang to men below
A song of silver light
That sent them running to the town
To find the child that night

Let the moon, the sun, the stars
The galaxies rejoice
Their Master sounds so different now
He has a human voice

Let the nations, cities, people
Old and young him praise,
Our master looks so different now
He has a human face.

(copyright, aruanan)

[quebecois]

I get extremely emotional about this topic. The past few holiday seasons have been difficult for me, as I have seen the nation plunge deeper and deeper into the depths of PC. The word "christmas" has been almost completely cleansed from radio, TV, and from store signs (all I see and hear is "holiday" and "season's greetings" etc). Its almost as if using the word "christmas" is now considered to be a hate crime.

Last year I made a decision that every time someone said "happy holiday" to me, I would respond with a pointed "merry christmas". It may not do any good in the long run, but I refuse to surrender the most wonderful time of the year to a PC ethnic cleansing campaign.

[RnMomof7]

It is not helped when it starts at the highest levels .....

[RnMomof7]

I thought you all might be interested in Fisher Price's reply
it made me LOL

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Thank you for contacting Fisher-Price. We appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts with us.

Consumer feedback is very important to us and we want to assure you that your comments have been forwarded to the appropriate individuals, here at Fisher-Price, for their interest.

Perhaps you might be interested in our Little People "Christmas Story" set. A new version of this product, which will feature lights and the "Away in the Manger" song, is currently available exclusively through our Shop Online division and Shop at Home Catalog. Please revisit our website and click on the Shop Online icon. You can also call our catalog division at 1-800-747-8697, from 6:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., CT.

Last year's version of this product, without the lights and sounds, is sold exclusively at Toys "R" Us stores.

We continuously strive to maintain the highest level of consumer satisfaction and your interest in our company is greatly appreciated. If you would like further assistance, you may call our toll-free line at 1-800-432-5437. Consumer Relations Specialists are available Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., EST.

Sincerely,
Consumer Relations

[Coleus]

NJ is lucky to have Paul Mulshine around

http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/mulshine/

[Coleus]

Kwanzaa is a fraud and takes the message of CHRISTmas away from Black Christians and focuses it on Socialism (void of Religion) and Racism

http://frontpagemag.com/archives/racerelations/mulshine12-27-99.htm

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/tony/snow123199.asp

http://www.thedoormagazine.com/webintro/kwanzadanzaa3.html

http://www.bigeye.com/kwanzaa.htm

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/ac20010101.shtml

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/17/163221.shtml

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen123097.html

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1999/12-20-99/vo15no26_kwanzaa.htm

http://www.christocentric.com/Kwanzaa/

http://www.ypsilanticourier.com/1998/letters/9912/23/letters.htm

http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/1/1/51109

http://www.seii.com/ccn/cults/kwanzaa.txt

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/596372/posts?page=436#

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a51221c4dd3.htm

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/596372/posts

[Coleus]

I've seen your posts on other threads, good work.

[The Wizard]

no more Fisher Price toys in this house

[Coleus]

Do you have the frontpage mag. link to the article? Mine no longer works, thanks.

[Coleus]

Thanks for the reasearch and for being tactful (some freepers would have flamed him), I guess the original poster didn't look as deep as he should have. It's December 1 and I am already sick of hearing "Happy Holidays". What ever happened to Merry CHRISTmas?

[ladyjane]

Thank you for posting this. I went to the website. You're right. No mention of the meaning of Christmas. I am not surprised however. The company was founded by a guy named Fisher, another guy named Price and a woman who never got her name on the company. Why am I not surprised.

[Libertina]

Hi Coleus, thanks for the ping and especially for all your links. Re: the Kwaaanza article by Mulshine, I didn't copy the link, or the FReeper poster name either, unfortunately. I'm going to have to start doing both of those things. (Good for background info.) Michael Savage covered this last year. Nice to hear the truth every once in a while!

[Aggie Mama]

Great article. Just emailed it to some friends.

[Corin Stormhands]

Zany-Brainy sells the Playmobil Nativity Set

We bought a different version (safe for under three) in the store last year and plan to get another this year (our toddler loves them so much we can't find all the pieces, he carries them everywhere).

[Libertina]

Thanks Aggie :)

[barefootxn]

karenga was not a black panther. he was the founder of the United Slaves Organization.