Concerned Women for America (CWA) presents our first Christmas list showing which businesses are honoring the Reason for the Season (the birth of Jesus), which ones are not, and which have mixed records.
Macy’s joins the NICE list because it has returned the explicit mention of Christmas and Merry Christmas to its stores and its ads. L.L. Bean, on the other hand, just barely escapes the Grinch list and gets a middle rating because, while its first seasonal catalog says Christmas 2005, all subsequent catalogs say Holiday 2005, culminating in the Best of Holiday 2005 (surrounded by Christmas items).
“More and more retailers are realizing, too late, that Christian consumers now understand that the constant use of ‘happy holidays’ and ‘holiday’ is grating and insulting,” said Robert Knight, director of CWA’s Culture & Family Institute. “It’s an act of cultural cowardice and even an overt attack on Christmas and ultimately the Christian faith.
“When something is clearly about Christmas itself, it is dishonest to ban the very mention of Christmas on the grounds that it might offend a handful of people. This is a nation where surveys show 96 percent of the population celebrates Christmas. There is no survey showing that people of other faiths are insulted when the majority celebrate Christmas or wish anyone a ‘Merry Christmas.’
“The tyranny of a tiny minority of Grinches to veto any mention of Christmas must stop,” Knight concluded. “We are very encouraged that some major retailers like Macy’s are starting to get it and hope that more will join them.”
NICE
Macy’s
Chick-fil-A
Kroger
IHOP
Saks Off Fifth Avenue
Kay Jewelers
Capital One
Hobby Lobby
In-N-Out Burger
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SOMEWHAT NICE,
SOMEWHAT NAUGHTY
Walgreens
Wal-Mart
L.L. Bean
Sears
Lowe’s
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SCROOGES
Target
Office Max
Kmart
Staples
Home Depot
Best Buy
Kohl’s
BJ’s
SC Johnson
Verizon
Radio Shack
Zales
Outback
Lexus
Old Navy
Cingular
Reckitt Benckiser
Pier 1
Red Lobster
Office Depot
Gillette
Applebee’s
Burlington Coat
Dell
Milton-Bradley
U.S. Postal Service
Costco
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