Liberty Counsel Releases “Naughty and Nice” List of Retailers
We are continuing our eighth annual “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” pledging to be a “Friend” to those entities that recognize Christmas and a “Foe” to the Christmas censors.
We have just released an updated “Naughty and Nice” list, which catalogs retailers who either censor (“naughty”) or recognize (“nice”) Christmas. The list is compiled from information gathered by consumers and is updated whenever new information is received. Please print out the list and use it to decide which stores to patronize during the Christmas shopping season.
The list has been very influential in motivating retailers to acknowledge Christmas. So far this year, Best Buy has embraced Christmas and switched to the nice list, and Dick’s Sporting Goods has promised to change and include Christmas in their advertising. Liberty Counsel was the first organization to launch the “Naughty and Nice” list a number of years ago and since then other organizations have promoted similar programs.
We encourage you to report the naughty and the nice stores by sending an email to Liberty@LC.org and we also encourage shoppers to compliment the nice stores and tell the naughty ones that you will shop elsewhere.
Read our News Release for more information. Or order our Christmas Action Pack, which includes educational legal memoranda to inform government officials, teachers, parents, students, employees and others that it is legal to celebrate Christmas.
@MWFH
i’m not in the least bit angry. my point about jesus’ birth was to counter her point about jesus being a jew – both were equally irrelevant.
that said – bollocks to your modern scholar
but again – the point is simply this – saying happy holiday extends good tidings to all whether they partake in your particular mythos or not . .. so what’s wrong with that?
a blessed yule to you!!
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YEAH!!! screw the jews and anyone else who doesn’t celebrate christmas – they should all just stay in their effing houses and celebrate whatever nonsense it is they celebrate behind closed doors in shame.
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Susanne Jones Reply:
December 14th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I think you totally missed the boat…. The spirit of Christmas is Hope Love and Joy. Who would not want to share in that! Let us not forget Jesus was a Jew! As for the “anyone else who doesn’t celebrate Christmas” Omission of faith stands for nothing. I will not judge. If someone smiles and bids you a Merry Christmas from the heart think again… Hope Love Joy!
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Dawn Reply:
December 15th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
omission of faith?? so in your world there are christians and jews and those without faith??? and atheists have no moral compass? but you won’t judge hahahahahahahahhahahha
i think YOU missed the boat – the spirit of yule is rebirth and hope and love – who wouldn’t want to share in that? the spirit of hannukah is dedication and faith and love – who wouldn’t want to share in that? the spirit of rohatsu is enlightenment and faith – who wouldn’t want to share in that? and i’m sure there are a million others i haven’t thought of.
“let’s not forget jesus was a jew”? what does that have to do with the price of peanuts? let’s not forget that jesus wasn’t born in december . . .
anyway, you totally missed the point; i am not suggesting there is anything wrong with saying merry christmas; i’m suggesting that there is everything RIGHT with saying happy holidays – it is inclusive – it offers all the tidings of the season to everyone; let’s face it – it’s the christian thing to do.
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MWFH's Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
The December 25 date may have been selected by the church in Rome in the early 4th century. At this time, a church calendar was created and other holidays were also placed on solar dates: “It is cosmic symbolism…which inspired the Church leadership in Rome to elect the winter solstice, December 25, as the birthday of Christ, and the summer solstice as that of John the Baptist, supplemented by the equinoxes as their respective dates of conception. While they were aware that pagans called this day the ‘birthday’ of Sol Invictus, this did not concern them and it did not play any role in their choice of date for Christmas,” according to modern scholar S.E. Hijmans.
However, today, whether or not the birth date of Jesus is on December 25 is not considered to be an important issue in mainstream Christian denominations rather, the belief that God came into the world in the form of man to atone for the sins of humanity is considered to be the primary purpose in celebrating Christmas.
P.S. Don’t Be so angry, and Merry Christmas!