Home Depot bans Christmas from its Website

[snopes]

October 27, 2008

Home Depot has it's new holiday Website up and running. You can find many gifts for the holidays. You can even find gifts for Hanukkah. But Christmas? Home Depot's Website hasn't a single reference to Christmas. Not one. At Home Depot, Christmas doesn't exist!

Home Depot has elected to go with the politically correct crowd and censor Christmas, replacing it with holidays.

Please Note: Home Depot may block your message. If so, you can e-mail, write, or call Chairman Frank Blake with the information below.

E-Mail: frank_blake@homedepot.com.
Write 2455 Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA, 30339.
Call 1-800-466-3337, option 3 or 1-800-430-3376.

Thank you for caring enough to get involved.

Sincerely,

Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association

[Don Enrico]

Originally Posted by snopes

Home Depot's Website hasn't a single reference to Christmas. Not one. At Home Depot, Christmas doesn't exist!

A reference to Christmas? Like, having a Christmas Village section? Offering Christmas trees? Selling a "Light and Sound of Christmas" device?

No, you're right, I can't find any of these - what a shame!

Don "Merry Ban-On-Christmas-Email - it's that time of the year" Enrico

Originally Posted by Don Enrico

A reference to Christmas? Like, having a Christmas Village section? Offering Christmas trees? Selling a "Light and Sound of Christmas" device?

No, you're right, I can't find any of these - what a shame!

Don "Merry Ban-On-Christmas-Email - it's that time of the year" Enrico

Wow ah yeah, I'm guessing the quoted person in the OP isn't that great at website searches then?

Slight hijack, I wish we had that store here, it looks good.

[Don Enrico]

Originally Posted by kia

Wow ah yeah, I'm guessing the quoted person in the OP isn't that great at website searches then?

Both the "Christmas Village" link and the "Christmas trees coming soon" add are directly on the "It's time for the holidays" starting page, which itself is prominently linked on the homedepot.com homepage. Not much skill needed.

I think it's more a case of "not seeing what one doesn't want to see" aka "I won't let get facts in the way of my biased opinion".

Don Enrico

[TrishDaDish]

Originally Posted by snopes

Home Depot has it's new holiday Website up and running. You can find many gifts for the holidays. You can even find gifts for Hanukkah. But Christmas? Home Depot's Website hasn't a single reference to Christmas. Not one. At Home Depot, Christmas doesn't exist!

Home Depot has elected to go with the politically correct crowd and censor Christmas, replacing it with holidays.

Originally Posted by Don Enrico

I think it's more a case of "not seeing what one doesn't want to see" aka "I won't let get facts in the way of my biased opinion".

I think the opinion is "I hate teh Jews". Asshat. (Since when is it "politically correct" to mention Hanukkah? Am I missing something?)

[Tweetilynn]

Wow, the nutters are coming out early this year

[Blatherskite]

Originally Posted by TrishDaDish

(Since when is it "politically correct" to mention Hanukkah? Am I missing something?)

Since the damn liberoids decided that people with other religions actually exist.

It's political correctness gone merry, I tells you.

[Dr. Winston O'Boogie]

Originally Posted by Don Enrico

Both the "Christmas Village" link and the "Christmas trees coming soon" add are directly on the "It's time for the holidays" starting page, which itself is prominently linked on the homedepot.com homepage. Not much skill needed.

I think it's more a case of "not seeing what one doesn't want to see" aka "I won't let get facts in the way of my biased opinion".

Don Enrico

But... but... but...

The starting page says "It's time for the holidays", not "It's time for everyone to worship the Baby Jesus by spending beyond their means!" Don't you know that only Christians can celebrate anything from mid October until January?