I got an email this morning from the American Family Association decrying Best Buy for not using Merry Christmas in their holiday advertising. According to an article on MSNBC, Best Buy said this:
“We are going to continue to use the term holiday because
there are several holidays throughout that time period, and we certainly need
to be respectful of all of them,” said Dawn Bryant, a spokeswoman at Best Buy
Co. Inc., whose advertising omits any reference to Christmas.
However, in the same article, Wal-Mart said they were returning to using Christmas in it's advertising along with Happy Holidays.
My opinion on this? I think the AFA is full of crap. If a company wants to use Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas in their advertising, it is that company's choice. If you, as an individual, decide you don't want to patronize that business because they don't say Merry Christmas, go right ahead. My first amendment right which gives me freedom of religion gives them freedom to say whatever they want.
Besides Mr. Wildmon, if you want a big company like Best Buy to say Merry Christmas to everyone, create it. Don't expect everybody to agree with what you have to say though.
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