The American Family Association recently notified their membership that Lowe’s, the home improvement store, was no longer calling Christmas Trees, “Christmas Trees”, but instead was referring to them as “Family Trees.”   Once the network of religious conservatives was notified, a flurry of emails and phone calls was sent to Lowe’s corporate headquarters.  In less than 24-hours, Lowe’s reversed its policy calling it a mistake in the editing process.

The fact is simple: money talks.

Corporations want to make a profit.  Profit, in reality, is their main purpose.  Christmas is, by far, the biggest shopping season of the year.

So if you truly want to enjoy your Christmas Shopping and you believe that Christmas deserves to be called “Christmas” as opposed to “A Season” or “A Holiday”, you CAN make a difference along with the millions of other Americans that have decided to do the same: only shop at places that acknowledge Christmas as Christmas when doing your Christmas shopping.  In addition, reward Christmas-friendly stores with your patronage all year long.

Stores that DO Acknowledge Christmas*
Sears
Lowe’s
Kohl’s

Stores that DO NOT Acknowledge Christmas*
Nordstrom
Office Max
Kmart
Home Depot
Best Buy
SC Johnson
L.L. Bean
Zales
Lexus
Old Navy
Kroger

*Source: American Family Association