The annual War on Christmas has begun at Dick's Sporting Goods

[pstokely]

http://www.onemilliondads.com/IssueDetail.asp?id=334

[lunasun]

1. What a bunch of wierdos and as usual

starting that xmas crap way to early in the year for me.........poor Dick's- check out their successful campaigns on the site-scary

[CatholicEdHead]

2. Not all stores have their Chirstmas stuff out yet

it is only Oct 2. :wtf: It is Halloween and maybe Thanksgiving season on the shelves, the Christmas stuff is still in back.

The AFA is insane on this.

[krispos42]

7. I went to Kohl's last Sunday to buy my kid sneakers.

The Christmas trees were already out. I rolled my eyes and said "Oh Lord" to myself before heading off in search of the shoe department. :eyes:

[eridani]

24. Merry Thanksgivoween!

http://www.toilette-humor.com/halloween/thanksgivoween.shtml

[jmowreader]

15. Forget "in back"

The Christmas stuff is still somewhere between Shanghai and your local merchant.

[Turbineguy]

28. Doing a nice, slow 70 RPM....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz1f1C39_7g

[Ishoutandscream2]

3. Well, they sure provided proof!

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[napi21]

4. It's OCTOBER! Why would they adv. Christmas now? Hell,

I was a bit ticked off when I saw Target put up Christmas displays already! For god sake, get over this BS of a war on what's become a money grabbing holiday!

[kwassa]

5. No, it is almost always this early, now. I used to set the stuff up ...

Christmas inventory arrives in September, and trees and lights and decorations are all set up by October.

because so much of annual retail sales happen in the Christmas season.

[HEyHEY]

6. What?! I'm not even done defending halloween yet!

[pinboy3niner]

8. At least in the U.S. we don't have to worry about the War on Boxing Day! :)

St. Stephen must be turning over in his grave. :)

[HEyHEY]

9. Oh, it's boxing WEEK now! Why stop the savings?!

[pinboy3niner]

13. A whole week now? Rut-roh...

My God, man, that just gives the godless heathens a bigger target!

[zenprole]

10. Wrap It Up

There's a war on Christmas, that environmentally horrific consumer orgy which infects the following generations with materialism and shallowness, while reinforcing superstition and hypocrisy?

Where's the recruiting office?

[im1013]

22. +1,000,000,000!!!

:puke:

[itsrobert]

11. They are trying to intimidate a small chain

They will get a victory of some sort at use it as publicity for their ignorant group.

[lordsummerisle]

12. The American Family Association?

I'm suspect of any group with the word "family" in its name...

[Wickerman]

14. In Lowes yesterday I heard Christmas music

Fucking Christmas music. The clerk told me they had been playing it for a week. :puke:

[csziggy]

16. If I heard Christmas music this early, I'd tell the manager I will not be back

Until February AFTER Valentine's Day. I'd like to declare a war on holidays!

Bah Humbug!

[surrealAmerican]

32. Those poor employees.

They'll be hearing the same six songs nonstop for three months straight. That would drive me crazy.

[TlalocW]

17. What about the War on Halloween?

I mean so many churches are having Harvest Parties, etc. When will this oppression end?

TlalocW

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Not only that, but they don't sell Christmas-Themed Dildoes.

I refuse to patronize Dick's until they stop the war on Christmas. And Dildoes.

[Bitwit1234]

Maybe since they are called "Dick's"

they thought that you might confuse them with Cheney and he's the most anti-everything there is in this country. By the way where is Dick....

[pinboy3niner]

19. They just hate Dick because they think his name is naughty

And they *snicker* every time they hear it... :evilgrin:

[Norrin Radd]

20. Fred Meyer has Christmas lights on display.

[rufus dog]

21. Dick's actually does a great job of merchandising

(My subject line made me chuckle)

but seriously the stores are extremely well laid out, by far the best in the Sporting Goods market. Sad to see they are being criticized for not linking selling sporting goods to Jesus Christ. Although I have heard rumors that JC was one hell of a fisherman.

[pinboy3niner]

23. I hear he also hiked a lot nt

[struggle4progress]

25. I've noticed the unpatriot fugs at OneMillionDads aren't pushing the 4th of July yet

The 4th of July is an important American holiday, and it's coming up soon. Why doesn't OneMillionDads want us to remember that? Why do they hate America?

[Cowpunk]

26. Doesn't Dick's realize Jesus is responsible for the annual winter spending orgy?

How dare they refuse to honor the father of crass pseudo-religious capitalism?

[Chulanowa]

27. I used to severely piss off the righties on another forum

By referring to Baby Lightbulbhead, the God of Christmas

[flpab]

29. I love that

I hate the commercial Christmas crap. Bah humbug.

[JDPriestly]

30. Are the owners Jewish, perchance? If not, are they being sensitive to their Jewish shoppers?

Are Jewish run businesses required to celebrate Christmas? Isn't religion a personal choice? Or has someone forgotten that not everyone is Christian?

[pinboy3niner]

33. Wingnuts think it oughta be a law

They're not real big on religious tolerance, for all the lip service they give to the Constitution.

The campaign against the fictional 'war on Christmas' is nothing compared to what the Christian Dominionists/Reconstructionists really want.

[unhappycamper]

31. The American Family Association is wall to wall nutbags.

Pick a subject and they can tell you why it is bad.

[Goat or Panic]

34. ....Snicker......

"no retailer in the nation has appeared to go out of its way to ban "Christmas" more than Dick's."