JC Penny Pulls A Lowes-TV Ads Using "Holiday" In English Versions/Christmas(Navidad)On Univision

JC Penny TV Ads on Comcast Cable and Univision ^ | Dec 2, 2005 | self

[icwhatudo]

Heres is ad on webpage, the wording is the same on English TV ads:

If anyone can screen capture the ad on Univision or your local Spanish channel please post here-thanks!

[samadams2000]

Fire everyone of these PC police inside corporate Human Resource depts.

[doug from upland]

This has to stop. It can only stop when we quit giving them our money.

[MediaMole]

"its possible the person producing the Spanish version of the ad did not know the Spanish word for holiday"

So, they are claiming illiteracy as an excuse? How sweet.

[Mulch]

Honda has an ad on tv now where some carolers are singing: "We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas." Except they've substituted "happy holidays". Because of the extra syllable its sounds very stupid

[doug from upland]

I just called the number with my concern. She tried to say they used Holiday because it was for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. A little lame, huh? At least it ended with her responding Merry Christmas to my Merry Christmas.

[soccer_maniac]

that makes no sense. their sale started way after Thanksgiving

[EQAndyBuzz]

I am only shopping in stores where "Merry Christmas" is still the norm.

The Libs can shop everywhere else.

[elc]

Actually, the are saying "Happy Honda Days"

[L98Fiero]

"A little lame, huh?"

I don't think so. When I've said happy holidays to people I meant it as just that. It's a blanket greeting covering Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. I guess that's why these stories dont bother me much. I think some folks read a little too much into it sometimes. It is indeed "The Holidays" this time of year. My 2c.

[San Jacinto]

"its possible the person producing the Spanish version of the ad did not know the Spanish word for holiday"

And of course, there would absolutely no way of finding out. It must have just been a lucky break that he knew what Navidad meant.

[icwhatudo]

According to this

http://www.jcpenney.com/jcp/default.aspx

The sale STARTS on Dec 2 and ends on the 4th.

So much for the thanksgiving excuse....

[doug from upland]

I don't buy Thanksgiving gifts or New Years gifts. I buy and exchange Christmas gifts.

[dead]

its possible the person producing the Spanish version of the ad did not know the Spanish word for holiday

It’s pretty standard to have people produce advertisements in languages they are not familiar with.

In fact, I used to produce television commercials in Swahili and Czech.

[doug from upland]

If they think using the word Christmas is offensive, then they are offensive to me and they are getting none of my money.

[traderrob6]

Whenever I se Holiday ads I call them up and state that I buy Christams gifts not "Holiday" gifts therefor they will not be benefitting from my business.

[Revolting cat!]

So, I take it "a member of Freerepublic.com" would like the commercial ads of JC Penney to say: "Christmas HUGE Sale"? How about "Jesus HUGE Sale", or, better yet, "Jesus, Mary, Joseph HUGE Sale"? Would that be satisfactory?

[doug from upland]

At Thanksgiving, I say Happy Thanksgiving. At Christmas, I say Merry Christmas. On New Years, I say Happy New Year. Isn't that what you do?

[lpeterboyd]

well I haven't taken Spanish classes since high school, but they could've gone with:

fiesta
dia festivo

or if you wanted to literally translate "holy day" it would be something along the lines of "dia santa"

[Mulch]

oops. Well, it still sounds stupid.