Focus on the Family Action’s 2008 Christmas-Friendly Shopping Guide
November 18, 2008Originally published by Focus on the Family Action. Copyright © 2008 Focus on the Family.
We welcome your use of these ratings in your shopping decisions. As an additional way to help you communicate with the retailers we evaluated, we are providing the convenience of a petition which you can sign by visiting focuspetitions.com.
Retailers will be presented with petitions — thanking those that embrace “Christmas,” and alerting those that have purged or marginalized “Christmas” that you object to the secularization of Christmas. We hope you will “stand for Christmas” with us and encourage the continued acknowledgement of this historic Christian observance in our culture.
“Christmas-friendly” retailers — prominent acknowledgment of “Christmas”
| Cabela’s Crate&Barrel Dillard’s Eddie Bauer JCPenney Kohl’s |
L.L.Bean Lands’ End Linens ‘n Things Lowe’s Macy’s Neiman Marcus |
Nordstrom Pier 1 Imports Sears The Home Depot Target Wal-Mart |
“Christmas-negligent” retailers — marginalized use of “Christmas”
| Barnes & Noble Bed, Bath & Beyond Best Buy Borders Circuit City |
Dick’s Sporting Goods GAP KB Toys Kmart Toys “R” Us |
“Christmas-offensive” retailers — apparent abandonment of “Christmas”
American Eagle
Banana Republic
Bloomingdale’s
Lane Bryant
Old Navy
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Why does it matter? >_>
What’s next … demanding that retailers call Easter “Resurrection Sunday”? Sorry, but signing petitions to demand the use of “accurate” holiday names seems to me nothing more than a large waste of time. And a good way to stir up animosity with retailers whose decisions are usually made based on advertising/marketing value of the words themselves — nothing to do with the meaning or connotation behind them.
I see this issue as being yet another tactic of the God-hating world to force Christianity from the public arena, something the founders of the country never intended. Christmas is a Christian holiday, and personally, I’d like it to stay that way. You’re right, Scottie, these retailers are only in it to make money, just like Hollywood is. Well, if you want an entity to change, you got to speak their language. Threaten to hit ‘em where it hurts, the pocketbook, and hopefully they’ll change. If not, well, as the list shows, there’s plenty of other places to shop that know what holiday’s being celebrated.