While some progress has been made as more retailers acknowledge Christmas in their advertising, other retailers still refuse to mention Christmas in their advertising,worried that they might offend a small minority,even though at least 91 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas.
The American Family Association (AFA) has published their annual list of Christmas-friendly retailers and those who refuse to mention Christmas in their advertising.
When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s,it was normal and natural saying "Merry Christmas". Nobody was concerned about offending somebody because it was accepted practice that America was essentially a Christian nation and that Christmas is part of America's Christian heritage. Only in the past ten years or so has the politically correct "Happy Holidays" or Holiday this or Holiday that started displacing Christmas. Governments and corporations say they want to be more "inclusive" and not offend anybody. Who would they be more "inclusive" of? Christmas is a Christian holiday. America was founded as a Christian nation. If you do not like it,tough. Get over it. Just do not participate if you are bothered by it but do not impose your views on the majority. Either grin and bear it or leave the country. This is like a gentile living in Israel demanding that Yom Kippur or Hanukkah should be "inclusive" of non-Jews,when it should be understood that Israel is a Jewish nation and Jewish holidays and customs are observed but nobody is forced to participate in them.
The politically correct Scrooges and Grinches who hate Christmas do not want to offend a small minority but they do not mind offending the overwhelming majority who celebrate Christmas,even though surveys show the overwhelming majority of Americans prefer "Merry Christmas" over "Happy Holidays".
Another thing that makes my blood boil is the hypocrisy of retailers who refuse to mention Christmas in their advertising but want to make money off of it. If retailers are out to make money off Christmas and know the overwhelming majority of their customers celebrate Christmas,then it is difficult understanding why retailers have a problem recognizing Christmas or saying "Merry Christmas".
While we have come a long way as more retailers recognize the existence of Christmas,we know much work remains to be done. God bless those who are fighting the good fight-and winning.
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