December 4, 2007
We all love this time of year, the parades, the concerts, the parties, and, of course, the shopping.
First, I hope you will support your local stores and spend your money locally.
When you shop on-line or from a catalog, you are taking money away from your local store's profits, many of which are owned or operated by your friends and neighbors.
They also employ many of our local citizens who's jobs depend on those local proifits.
If you're like me, you have received more catalogs than ever before.
They are so happy to wish me a happy non-specified holiday.
Why do they seem to forget that other name for the December 25th celebration?
From Orvis, a "Holiday" catalog; from Tool Shop, "tis the season for Holiday gifts"; from Autosport, I can buy gifts for the "Holiday traveler."
Running behind? Cabela's has last minute "Holiday shopping", holiday baking, holiday decorating, holiday entertaining, it's crazy.
My suggestion, as soon as you see this, throw them away
Do these large companies realize that by trying so hard not to offend anyone, they are offending the more than 90 percent of us who celebrate Christmas?
Who do they think are more likely to buy their Christmas presents than those of us who celebrate Christmas?
So we say "Merry Christmas", and shop locally.
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