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Chain dumps 'holiday' reference
after WND report, complaints
Posted: November 29, 2005
1:00 p.m. Eastern

One day after a WorldNetDaily story brought national exposure, the home-improvement retailer Lowe's dropped references to "Holiday Trees" in favor of "Christmas Trees" only.

As WND reported, a Lowe's store in Austin, Texas, featured a banner that referred in English to "Holiday Trees" but in Spanish said "Christmas Trees."

The American Family Association says its supporters contacted Lowe's to express their displeasure.

The company responded in a statement: "To ensure consistency of our message and to avoid confusion among our customers, we are now referring to the trees only as 'Christmas Trees.' We have also removed a banner that read 'Holiday Trees' from the front of our stores."

 Lowe's, in fact, issued a press release Nov. 8 touting its selection of "Christmas trees," but in its stores, it took a different tack.

AFA President Tim Wildmon said companies that choose to abandon the national observance of Christmas are finding Americans are not afraid to speak out with their pocketbooks.

"It's good to know Lowe's is a company that listens to their customers, a rarity in today's politically correct retail marketplace," he said.

Wildmon added, "Since they can't take Christ out of Christmas, many national retailers are trying to simply do away with Christmas."

The list, he said, includes Kmart, Sears, Home Depot, Target, Wal-Mart, Kroger, Office Max, Walgreens, Staples, J.C. Penney, Dell and Best Buy.

After a series of reports by WND, however, Wal-Mart officials satisfied demands by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which had called for a national boycott after accusing the retail giant of discriminating against Christmas while promoting other seasonal holidays by name, such as Kwanzaa and Hanukkah.

More than 425,000 people have signed AFA's petition to stop bans on the use of "Christmas." The petition is being sent to retailers, although Wildmon acknowledged it may not have an impact until next Christmas season.

"Last year we called for a boycott of Federated Stores because they banned 'Merry Christmas,' and this year they are using 'Merry Christmas,'" Wildmon pointed out.

Hello Pastor Roger,

The picture is becoming very clear. "Christ" and "Jesus" are the two most dreaded words of the ACLU and folks like them. Anything associated with these two precious words must also be stamped out. The list of objects they have tried to remove make this exceptionally obvious (i.e. Ten Commandments, manger scenes, Christmas Carols, Christmas plays, even the word "Christmas" as a holiday, and much more).

Some of the news media have labeled current events as an assault against Christmas, but it's really much more than that. It's an assault against GOD and Christians. This is becoming more clear by the day.

I hope and pray that all Christians and churches put the focus where it is supposed to be for Christmas - JESUS! I would also hope and pray that Christians would celebrate JESUS every day. JESUS is the biggest and most precious Gift that any of us have ever received. Most people have extra days off from work near Christmas. We can and should be using this extra time to Thank, Praise, and Worship GOD with our families and friends. We should also be using the extra time to tell our children about JESUS and the Cross. The Gospel of the Grace of God never gets old or outdated, and we should reinforce these precious truths with our families. Many Christians work pretty hard, and there really might not be frequent times for families to slow down and do the most important things in this life. We know that JESUS wasn't born on December 25th, but we can use this special time with our family and friends in a manner that will bring glory, honor, and praise to our Lord and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST.


Thanks be unto GOD for HIS unspeakable GIFT!, JESUS CHRIST, our Lord and Saviour forever!

Love In Christ,
Tom

Galatians 4:4-6 NASB  But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

Amen Brother Tom,

Jesus is the reason for every season!