the way large retailers are instructing their employees to say some like the neutral 'happy holidays' in order to avoid offense has offended many christians who think, in fact, the commercial boom is because of christmas and we ought to say so. here is another christian view that argues the retailers have it just right, and can teach the church to tend to its story with similar fervor rather than fighting about which story the retailers tell.
Asbury Seminary Blog
December 10, 2005 >> 12:18:13 PM
Let Them Do the Right Thing Already!
To all protesters besieging Wal-Mart, Target, and their capitalistic, free-market, consumeristic brethren:
Please leave them alone! - They are doing the RIGHT thing!
Yes - by suppressing, banning, and eschewing "Christmas" from their premises, either by neutral "holiday" advertising and store displays or the purging of Santas, these businesses are, through their deeds, conveying a more potent message about Christmas than many of our churches. Indeed, without knowing it, they are doing great work to spread Scriptural holiness throughout the land.
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