The American Family Assn's color-coded "Naughty or Nice" list: Companies that love or hate Xmas

[marmar]

:rofl: The AFA is the best unintentional comedy outlet around.



Naughty or Nice?

AFA's 2009 listing of top retailers and how they recognize Christmas


Based on current advertising, below is a list of companies that avoid, ban, or use the term "Christmas" in their advertising. We will continually update the list, so check back often.

Criteria - AFA reviewed up to four areas to determine if a company was "Christmas-friendly" in their advertising: print media (newspaper inserts), broadcast media (radio/television), website and/or personal visits to the store. If a company's ad has references to items associated with Christmas (trees, wreaths, lights, etc.), it was considered as an attempt to reach "Christmas" shoppers.

If a company has items associated with Christmas, but did not use the word "Christmas," then the company is considered as censoring "Christmas."

Color Code:

Company uses the term "Christmas" on a regular basis, we consider that company Christmas-friendly.

Company refers to Christmas infrequently, or in a single advertising medium, but not in others.

Company may use "Christmas" sparingly in a single or unique product description, but as a company, does not recognize it.

A company may be removed from the "bad" list by providing documentation to AFA.

SPECIAL ALERT! AFA is calling for a "Christmas" boycott of Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic stores.



Companies FOR "Christmas"
updated 11-10-09

Amazon.com
Bass Pro Shops
Bath & Body Works
Bed Bath & Beyond
Belk
Big Lots
Collective Brands
Costco
Dollar Tree
Family Dollar
Dollar General
H.E.B. Stores
Hallmark
Hobby Lobby
Home Depot
JC Penney
Kmart
Lowe's
Macy's
Meijer
Menard's
Michael's Stores
Neiman Marcus
Petsmart
Rite Aid
Sears
Super D Drug Stores
Target
Toys R Us
Walgreens
Wal-Mart/Sam's Club


Companies marginalizing "Christmas"
updated 11-10-09

Best Buy
Hy-Vee Stores
Kohl's
QVC
Safeway


Companies against "Christmas"
updated 11-10-09

Advance Auto Parts
Aldi
Barnes & Noble
Books-A-Million
Braum's Ice Cream
CVS Pharmacy
Dick's Sporting Goods
Gap Stores
Harris Teeter Stores
Home Shopping Network
Kroger
Limited Brands
McDonald's
Nordstrom
Office Depot
Olive Garden
Outback Steakhouse
Publix
Radio Shack
Staples
SUPERVALU
Victoria's Secret



http://action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147486887

[DBoon]

1. Olive Garden???

Oh No! Does this mean I have to patronize Olive Garden?

[KamaAina]

8. Yes! And you have to breastfeed there while smoking, too!

:P

[DBoon]

21. with a Pit Bull! (nt)

[NC_Nurse]

2. Jeebus must be so proud. Concentrating on the important things. Really warms

the heart, don't it? :eyes:

[Kerrytravelers]

3. I'd love a list of those FOR and AGAINST the wackadoodle AFA.

[EFerrari]

4. This is just too good.

lol

[la_chupa]

5. ah jeez

They need to feel persecuted in order to justify their smug superiority.

[spinbaby]

6. Um. Yeah.

Why would a company like Advance Auto Parts have any reason whatsoever to mention Christmas?

[jmowreader]

35. Because people Christmas-shop at Advance Auto Parts

Believe it or not, and I recommend believing it.

Not only do they carry a wide selection of things any car guy would like to have, they'll buy items like power tools that are only offered during the Christmas shopping season.

[marmar]

7. And a DUer just informed me that BooksaMillion is owned by a fundie nut.....

EVEN HE HATES THE BABY JESUS !!!!

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. I was going to say...

how the hell did Books-A-Million make the naughty list?

Seems to me their stores are just giant xtian bookstores masquerading as mainstream.

There is a couple of them not far from me here and I remember going in one just after Dawkins "The God Delusion" came out. A huge hit that was on the NYT best sellers list and they had a tiny display of them, no where near the front of the store.

I could be reading too much into that (pun intended).

[cynatnite]

29. I actually went looking for "The God Delusion" in the store here...

The computer said they had a copy in the store, but the moran couldn't find it. I left empty handed. Had no problem at Waldenbooks.

[cynatnite]

28. That's because most conserva-nuts don't see books as ideal gifts. n/t

[dflprincess]

9. I would think any company that pushes Christmas as a money making event

would be considered unfriendly.

Not to mention those companies that use Pagan symbols in their advertising like "trees, wreaths, lights, etc."

[KamaAina]

10. What would anyone associated with the AFA be doing in a Barnes and Noble?

Drinking a latte, perhaps? Surely not buying actual books!

[marmar]

13. To pick up the latest Coulter or BecKKK masterpiece, no doubt.

nt

[Wapsie B]

11. Where's Chik-fil-A and Interstate batteries?

Both are fundie-run companies IIRC.

[jmowreader]

36. Chick-fil-A definitely should be on there

This list is all retailers, though, and while Interstate Batteries is definitely run by a fundie, it's primarily a supplier rather than a retail seller.

[madmom]

12. Victoria's secret? Really?

[beltanefauve]

17. They are mistaken

My holiday catalog says, Christmas, 2009 on it.
They probably don't like the content. (Remember John Ashcroft covering up the breasts on the "blind justice" statue?) These people are nuts!

[joeybee12]

15. Target was on their hit list last year...

...did Target actually come around to their warped way of thinking, or is the AFA list BS? I vote for the later.

[Quantess]

16. Hallmark is pro-Christmas? Who would've guessed?

I had no idea Hallmark capitalizes on holidays!

[StarfarerBill]

18. Sweeeeeet!

I shop at some of those places. Now I know who to continue with (the anti-xmas'ers), and who to boycott (the pro-xmas-ers).

An xmas-free commons before 2020!

[hyphenate]

19. Don't these idiots at AFA have any market analysts?

I worked as one a billion years ago, and I can tell them, then: Christmas/whatever you want to call it, is all about SPENDING MONEY. That means retail stores, whether they like it or not, are going to be spreading whatever it is they spread to shoppers and consumers all over. Even if they are Jewish, they're going to pander to the mighty wallets throughout, with the intended goal of separating men and women from some of their money.

Restaurants are different--they are usually not allowed to have a saturation of decorations for a holiday, so they go for low-key instead.

Don't these dick-wads know anything?

[CatholicEdHead]

25. They are just playing everyone for fools

Because doing something like this make it OK in many peoples' eyes to avoid helping the poor, etc...

[Catshrink]

20. Aldi owns Trader Joe's

I'm just not shopping that much this year --- we exchange ornaments and I bought mine from eBay already. I'll send the little ones some $$ and probably make cookies or something for the work crowd. But that's it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Oh goodie so we need to keep this in mind

in our war on Christmas. I hope me buying book cards at Borders will further the cause to get Rudolph this year.

For god sakes he should be damn easy to catch, with that light on his nose.

:-)

[d_r]

23. gap got its own page

http://action.afa.net/takeaction/gap/


Why Boycott?

Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic, the three stores owned by San Francisco-based Gap Inc., are being targeted by AFA in a limited two-month boycott over the company's failure to use the word "Christmas" in its advertising to Christmas shoppers.

Gap refuses to use the word Christmas in its television commercials, newspaper ads and in-store promotions despite tens of thousands of consumer requests to recognize Christmas as well as repeated requests from AFA to do the same.

Just one week before Christmas last year, Gap reiterated this politically correct statement to Christmas shoppers. "Gap recognizes that many traditions are celebrated throughout this season and we feel it is important to display holiday signage that is inclusive to everyone."

[DearAbby]

24. They're makin a list

checkin it twice!

[tanyev]

26. So, the more a company commercializes a sacred holiday for the purpose

of making money, the better the company is? How about a big Christmas sale at a store that sells sex toys? Hmmm?

[cynatnite]

27. So some doofus is counting how many times they say Christmas? n/t

[dmr]

30. By providing documentation to AFA? They're the Christmas KGB, now?

Like their families aren't going to gorge themselves on Big Macs and McEggNog shakes.

:crazy:

[mzmolly]

31. What about the war on Hanukkah?

:crazy:

[Toucano]

32. Kroger is on the no list?

Did someone forget to tell the Kentucky branch?

http://www.afaky.com/Show.aspx?id=35&m=16


If you shop at Krogers Grocery stores, you can help out the American Family Association, by purchasing one of our Kroger Gift Cards for only $5.00. The card is worth $5.00 in groceries. So there is no cost to you. Each time you shop at Krogers, recharge the card before your purchase, and Krogers will donate to AFA of KY, 4% of the amount.
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Nice boycott!

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[intheflow]

34. I sort of thought Jesus' rage in the Temple market

was to make the point that religion and commerce shouldn't be mixed. But I guess it's ok to bring religion to the marketplace, just not the market to religion. I'm sure the people who are all up in arms about this never have church rummage or bake sales, or have for-pay coffee bars in their lobbies. :eyes:

[Wapsie B]

37. I liked HyVee before but I love them now!

Marginalizing Christmas works for me. :thumbsup:

Too bad the closest one will be 90 minutes away when it opens.

Happy Holidays!