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ﻼ Banana
Republic –
Web site has
“Holiday Gift Guide” with no mention of any Christmas.
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Bed Bath &
Beyond –
No mention of any
holidays.
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Barnes & Noble –
Web site says Gift guide, Holiday gift baskets, Holiday sled, Holiday delivery but NO Christmas. Physical stores not allowed to put up Christmas trees, employees not allowed to say Merry Christmas.
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Best Buy –
Web site says
“Unique gifts for the season,” “Holiday gift ideas.” Spokesperson said
they consider the use of “Merry Christmas” to be disrespectful.
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Dick’s
Sporting Goods –
Web site says
gifts and has images, but no mention of Christmas.
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Eddie Bauer –
Customer service
would not recognize Christmas, they “don’t want to offend Jews, those who
celebrate Kwanza and those who have no religious preference.”
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Gap –
“Holiday Survival
Guide” no mention of Christmas.
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Home Depot –
Web site says
Holiday Store and Holiday lighting and only at bottom of site says “Make
your Christmas decorations complete.” Physical store has Holiday Home
Accents.
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K-Mart –
Selling “Holiday
trees” and “Holiday wreaths.”
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Lowes –
In 2005, Lows
stated they would modify their ads and no longer say things such as
“Holiday trees”, however, their Web site has Holiday Living department and
Holiday gift cards. Will not allow employees to greet customers with
“Merry Christmas”.
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Bed Bath &
Beyond –
No mention of any
holidays.
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Mills
Fleet Farm –
(WI, MN, IA
and ND) Changed their Christmas Catalog to “Toy and Gift Catalog”,
replaced Christmas signs with “Holiday” signs. No mention of
Christmas at all.
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Old
Navy –
Web site
has “Holiday Gift Guide,” “Holiday gift boxes” but no Christmas.
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Petsmart –
Has a
Holiday Shop, and Luv-a-pet ornaments.
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Toys
‘R’ Us –
No mention of
Christmas. “...Toys ‘R’ Us aims to be neutral in this regard... We
endeavor to make our stores festive, while respecting that our
customers celebrate many different customs throughout the
holidays.”.
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